Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whigling

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: whigling
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A petty or inferior Whig.

Derogatory

Example Sentences

"It certainly not wise or liberal[…]to abuse the Whigs and Whiglings as coarsely as Mr. Odger did"

Etymology

From Whig + -ling.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Whig

Usage

Derogatory

Inflected Forms

Whiglings (plural)

Questions

What does whigling mean?: A petty or inferior Whig.
Where does whigling come from?: From Whig + -ling.

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