hinderling
English
noun
Definitions
- (UK) A worthless, degenerate person or animal.
- (dated) The buttocks; the posterior.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English hinderling (a laggard, coward) inherited from Old English hinderling (a mean wretch, a sneak) suffix from English hinder (rear, back).
Origin
English
hinder
Gloss
rear, back
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
後, 背
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
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Cognates and derived terms
- hinder English
- hinderance English
- hinderer English
- hinderest English
- hindereth English
- hinderland English
- hinderment English
- hindersome English
- hindrance English
- hinderling Old English
- hinderling Middle English
- hindren Middle English