hilding

noun

hilding

noun

/ˈhɪldɪŋ/

Etymology Unknown. Likely a contraction of earlier hilderling, itself an alteration of hinderling.

1

A wretch, a contemptible person.

  • ‘God, eh? Which god? You whore, you loathsome hilding.’1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked:

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