bǽdling

bǽdling
m (-es/-as) effeminate person

Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.

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  • swad|dling clouts — swad|dling clothes, swad|dling bands, or swad|dling clouts «SWOD lihng», 1. a) long, narrow strips of cloth used for wrapping a newborn infant so as to prevent its free movement: »And she brought forth her first born son, and wrapped him in… …   Useful english dictionary

  • swad|dling bands — swad|dling clothes, swad|dling bands, or swad|dling clouts «SWOD lihng», 1. a) long, narrow strips of cloth used for wrapping a newborn infant so as to prevent its free movement: »And she brought forth her first born son, and wrapped him in… …   Useful english dictionary

  • swad|dling clothes — swad|dling clothes, swad|dling bands, or swad|dling clouts «SWOD lihng», 1. a) long, narrow strips of cloth used for wrapping a newborn infant so as to prevent its free movement: »And she brought forth her first born son, and wrapped him in… …   Useful english dictionary

  • blood´cur´dling|ly — blood|cur|dling «BLUHD KUR dlihng», adjective. terrifying; horrible: »a bloodcurdling shriek. He told a bloodcurdling story about a haunted house. –blood´cur´dling|ly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

  • blood|cur|dling — «BLUHD KUR dlihng», adjective. terrifying; horrible: »a bloodcurdling shriek. He told a bloodcurdling story about a haunted house. –blood´cur´dling|ly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

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  • mid´dling|ly — mid|dling «MIHD lihng», adjective, adverb, noun. –adj. 1. medium in size, quality, grade, or other characteristic; ordinary; average: »the abundant consumption of middling literature (Matthew Arnold). 2. mediocre; second rate. –adv. Informal or… …   Useful english dictionary

  • mid|dling — «MIHD lihng», adjective, adverb, noun. –adj. 1. medium in size, quality, grade, or other characteristic; ordinary; average: »the abundant consumption of middling literature (Matthew Arnold). 2. mediocre; second rate. –adv. Informal or Dialect …   Useful english dictionary

  • rid´dling|ly — rid|dling «RIHD lihng», adjective. presenting a riddle or riddles; enigmatic; puzzling; mysterious: »He [Merlin] laugh d…and answer d me In riddling triplets (Tennyson). –rid´dling|ly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

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