hinderling

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A worthless, degenerate person or animal. UK,dialectal
    — How say you, my lusty compeers; shall we permit a hinderlin to sit at board with us, and brand us with the name of cowards?
  2. The buttocks; the posterior. dated,in-plural

词形变化

hinderlings plural hinderlin alternative

词源

"Worthless person" sense: from Middle English hinderling (“a laggard, coward”), from Old English hinderling (“a mean wretch, a sneak”), equivalent to hinder + -ling. Compare hilding.
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