weirdling
English edit
Etymology edit
From weird + -ling. Compare oddling.
Noun edit
weirdling (plural weirdlings)
- Someone or something which is odd, weird, strange, or unusual; oddball; weirdie; weirdo.
- 2000, Alan Rodgers, Pandora:
- It was a dusky grey haze — a weirdling, impossible, unreal haze like no sky anyone anywhere had ever seen or will ever see: it was a sky made from grey mother of pearl and stale brackish water.
- 2002, Allen Steele, Coyote:
- The real trick was getting it out of the water before a weirdling homed in; now and then someone would pull up a half-eaten channelmouth a weirdling had devoured while it was on the line.
- 2002, Ray Aldridge, Pharaoh Contract:
- “And these weirdlings, who are they?” she asked, with as much of a sneer as her trembling lips allowed.
- 2006, Gregory Rabassa, If This Be Treason:
- The oddballs of Hopscotch here become true weirdlings.
- 2007, Brian Lumley, The House of Cthulhu:
- Oh, yes, there was certainly magick in those times, though perhaps today, in our "enlightened" age, we would find different names for such as wizards, lamias, weirdlings and warlocks.
Synonyms edit
- bizarro, kook, odd duck, strangeling; see also Thesaurus:strange person
Adjective edit
weirdling (comparative more weirdling, superlative most weirdling)
Synonyms edit
- bizarre, odd, weird; see also Thesaurus:strange