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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ridgeling

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ridgeling
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A male animal with at least one testicle still in the inguinal canal.

noun

An imperfectly castrated male.

Etymology

From ridge + -ling, presumably from the supposition the remaining testicle(s) remain(s) near the back.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

ridgelings (plural) ridgel (alternative) ridgil (alternative) ridgling (alternative) riggald (alternative) riglin (alternative) rigling (alternative)

Synonyms

ridgling ridgel ridgil

Questions

What does ridgeling mean?
A male animal with at least one testicle still in the inguinal canal.
Where does ridgeling come from?
From ridge + -ling, presumably from the supposition the remaining testicle(s) remain(s) near the back.

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