Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

baseling

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: basel-ing
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who is base or inferior

Example Sentences

"O weaklings, baselings we, — Achaian women, and not men!"
"Why lift aloft the baseling? give the sword To unanointed hands? garland the brow Which virtue never crowned? […]"
"Or again, the world's simpletons, the world's nonentities, the world's weaklings and baselings (i.e., elements deemed such by the world) the chosen things, the very elements of God's selection for the kingdom, […]"

Etymology

From Middle English baseling (attested only in the sense of debased coinage), equivalent to base + -ling.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: baseling

Inflected Forms

baselings (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

underling

Synonyms

lowling

Questions

What does baseling mean?: One who is base or inferior
Where does baseling come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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