kidling
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9.9
- noun
- Archaic
- The old woman smiled as the kidling chased butterflies across the sunny cottage lawn.
Examples
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Look at that kidling running around!
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The village was quiet except for the laughter of a single kidling playing by the stream.
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In the story, a curious kidling wandered into the enchanted forest.
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The kidling played happily in the garden.
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The old woman smiled as the kidling chased butterflies across the sunny cottage lawn.
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In the story, a curious kidling wandered into the enchanted forest.
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The village was quiet except for the laughter of a single kidling playing by the stream.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A young person, usually a child
285
2.8
A person who behaves in a silly or not grown-up way
171
7.2
A friendly, informal way to call a child or young person
152
1.0
A child or teenager who is not yet an adult
88
7.7
A young child
12
9.3
A friendly way to say child or young animal
6
7.5
A young child
5
9.0
A child in French language or French culture
3
5.5
A child or baby animal not yet fully grown
1
8.2
A small child or young goat that people talk about in a loving, informal way
1
9.9
A small person, often a child who is not fully grown
1
9.9
A very young child such as a newborn
1
9.3
A small child, said in a friendly way
1
9.9
An old word for a child, often a boy
1
9.9
A very young child like a baby
1
9.3
A small child who behaves badly, often in a playful way
A small child or person treated with love and care
Antonyms
How Young
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Kidling was also used in older or local speech to mean a little child because kid came to mean 'child' in everyday English and -ling means 'small one', so a kidling can be remembered as a 'small kid' or little child.