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dapperling

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dap-per-ling
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dwarf, or small dapper person.

Archaic

noun

Any of various mushrooms in the Agaricaceae

Etymology

From dapper + -ling.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

dapperlings (plural)

Phrases

blushing dapperling chestnut dapperling deadly dapperling dune dapperling fatal dapperling fragile dapperling freckled dapperling greenspored dapperling

Questions

What does dapperling mean?
A dwarf, or small dapper person.
Where does dapperling come from?
From dapper + -ling.

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