English Explanatory Dictionary

comeling

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A comer; (person) an arrival.
  2. An incomer.
  3. A newcomer; stranger.

Word forms

comeling comelings

Etymology

From Middle English comeling, comlynge, cumeling, cumlyng, from Old English *cymeling, equivalent to come + -ling. Cognate with Old High German chomeling, chumelinc (“a comeling”).

Synonyms

newling offcomer come-here

Derived words

outcomeling
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