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prideling

prideling noun: a petty prideful person.

Noun

prideling (plural pridelings)

  1. (archaic) A petty prideful person.
    • Oh for a well-knotted scourge to drive those petty pridelings out among the smocks and fustians, till they know that they are equal in the sight of the Master of that house which they are leaving!1859, Getting On: A tale of modern English life, volume 1, page 72

Forms of prideling

pluralpridelings

Origin of prideling

pride + -ling

Questions about prideling

What does prideling mean?
Prideling means a petty prideful person.
What part of speech is prideling?
Prideling is a noun.
What is the plural of prideling?
The plural of prideling is pridelings.

Words near prideling in the dictionary

  1. pridefully
  2. pridefulness
  3. prideless
  4. pridelessly
  5. pridelessness
  6. prideling
  7. pridelings
  8. Pridemore
  9. Pridemores
  10. prideperone
  11. prider

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