Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rudeling

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rudel-ing
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who is rude.

Derogatory

Example Sentences

""Rather young and quite as troublesome as the fashionables of their kind; they dodged me like shadows, followed me like lapdogs of Charles's breed; and courted me like rudelings. [...]""
"On the earth's broad back Basks the brood of the giants: — Riesenheim, that is their home — Fasolt and Fafner The rudeling princes, Envied the Niblung's power; The wondrous hoard, They won for themselves, And wrested with it the ring."
"What cared the rudelings of Tammany Hall? They quaffed their cider, sang their songs, told lying stories of adventures by flood and field, and at last attracted the wary eye of Aaron Burr."

Etymology

From rude + -ling (literally “little rude one”).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: rude

Usage

Derogatory

Inflected Forms

rudelings (plural)

Questions

What does rudeling mean?: One who is rude.
Where does rudeling come from?: From rude + -ling (literally “little rude one”).

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