Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cageling

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cageling
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bird that is kept confined in a cage.

Example Sentences

"Am I as a child perhaps, chasing a flown cageling, who among the branches free plays and peeps at the offered cage?"
"Semmacherib says that he cooped up King Hezekiah of Judah in Jerusalem like a cageling."

Etymology

From cage + -ling.

Inflected Forms

cagelings (plural)

Questions

What does cageling mean?: A bird that is kept confined in a cage.
Where does cageling come from?: From cage + -ling.

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