Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fairling

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fair-ling
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fairing; a present brought from a fair.

Archaic

Example Sentences

""And we shan't have a nice new horse, and lots o' golden money to buy fairlings! And Tess won't look pretty in her best cloze no mo-o-ore!""

Etymology

From fair + -ling?

Word Breakdown

Suffix: fair

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

fairlings (plural)

Questions

What does fairling mean?: A fairing; a present brought from a fair.
Where does fairling come from?: From fair + -ling?

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