Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eggling

/ɛɡ.l̩.ɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: eggling
IPA: /ɛɡ.l̩.ɪŋ/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The sale of eggs; the trade of an eggler.

Archaic; Uncountable

noun

A small, miniature, undersized, or underdeveloped egg.

Example Sentences

"No eggler will allow eggs to be contaminated, because he wants to sell at the best price he can get […] If the House says it is, then in my opinion the majority of those people must get out of eggling […]"
"The death of Dobbin of old age had put an end to his master's eggling, for he had no capital with which to buy another horse."
""Ode X" in 1834, Charles L. S. Jones, American Lyrics One Lovling scarcely's fledg'd. One, yet, An eggling still remains; A third, from forth the broken shell, In chirping notes, complains."
"But now the little Other eggling was making loud peeping sounds. It was hungry."

Etymology

Presumably from *eggle (“to sell eggs”) + -ing. Compare eggler (“seller of eggs”).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: egg

Usage

Inflected Forms

egglings (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce eggling?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɛɡ.l̩.ɪŋ/.
What does eggling mean?: The sale of eggs; the trade of an eggler.
Where does eggling come from?: Presumably from *eggle (“to sell eggs”) + -ing. Compare eggler (“seller of eggs”).

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