English Explanatory Dictionary

liefling

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One held as lief or dear; a darling.

Word forms

liefling lieflings

Etymology

Equivalent to lief + -ling (compare darling = dear + -ling), perhaps from or modelled after Afrikaans liefling (“darling”), German Liebling (“darling”). Compare also loveling.

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