changeling
changeling is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A simpleton; an idiot. Macaulay. Changelings and fools of heaven, and thence shut out. Wildly we roam in discontent about. Dryden.
- 2.One apt to change; a waverer. "Fickle changelings." Shak.
- 3.Taken or left in place of another; changed. "A little changeling boy." Shak.
- 4.Given to change; inconstant. [Obs.] Some are so studiously changeling. Boyle.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is a simpleton; an idiot. Macaulay. Changelings and fools of heaven, and thence shut out. Wildly we roam in discontent about. Dryden called?
- What is one apt to change; a waverer. "Fickle changelings." Shak called?
- What is taken or left in place of another; changed. "A little changeling boy." Shak called?
- What is given to change; inconstant. [Obs.] Some are so studiously changeling. Boyle called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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