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rudeling

rudeling noun: one who is rude.

Noun

rudeling (plural rudelings)

  1. (derogatory) One who is rude.
    • "Rather young and quite as troublesome as the fashionables of their kind; they dodged me like shadows, followed me like lapdogs of Charles's breed; and courted me like rudelings. [...]"1833, The Olio, or, Museum of entertainment, volume 11, page 242
    • On the earth's broad back Basks the brood of the giants: — Riesenheim, that is their home — Fasolt and Fafner The rudeling princes, Envied the Niblung's power; The wondrous hoard, They won for themselves, And wrested with it the ring.1877, Richard Wagner, Siegfried

Forms of rudeling

pluralrudelings

Origin of rudeling

From rude + -ling (literally “little rude one”).

Questions about rudeling

What does rudeling mean?
Rudeling means one who is rude.
What part of speech is rudeling?
Rudeling is a noun.
What is the plural of rudeling?
The plural of rudeling is rudelings.

Words near rudeling in the dictionary

  1. rudeful
  2. rudegirl
  3. rudegirls
  4. Rudeineh
  5. rudelier
  6. rudeling
  7. rudelings
  8. rudely
  9. ruden
  10. rudened
  11. rudeness

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