badling
English
noun
Definitions
- (rare) An effeminate or womanish man.
- (rare) One who is bad; a worthless person.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English *badling inherited from Old English bædling (an effeminate person, effeminate man) suffix from English bad.
Origin
English
bad
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bad English
- bad-looking English
- badarse English
- badass English
- badden English
- baddest English
- baddie English
- baddish English
- badfic English
- badlands English
- badly English
- badman English
- badness English
- badnik English
- badsome English
- badthink English
- badware English
- dirtybadwrong English
- do-badder English
- nonbad English
- superbad English
- bader French
- bædling Old English
- *badling Middle English
- bad Middle English