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pridelings

pridelings is the plural of prideling.

Meaning of prideling

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

Questions about pridelings

What is pridelings the plural of?
Pridelings is the plural of prideling.

Words near pridelings in the dictionary

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

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