Definitions for changeling

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changeling change·ling

Spelling: [cheynj-ling]

IPA: /ˈtʃeɪndʒ lɪŋ/

Changeling is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 369 anagrams from letters in changeling (acegghilnn).

Definitions for changeling

noun

1. a child surreptitiously or unintentionally substituted for another.
2. (in folklore) an ugly, stupid, or strange child left by fairies in place of a pretty, charming child.
3. Philately. a postage stamp that, by accident or intention, has been chemically changed in color.
4. Archaic. a renegade or turncoat. an imbecile.

Origin of changeling

First recorded in 1545-55; change + -ling¹

Examples for changeling

They then reproached me, saying, I was a changeling, and an evil spirit.

She called Irene a fairy, a changeling, and nothing could soothe her or comfort her.

One more story of a "changeling" before we leave the subject.

To which I answer, 'I am a changeling, and that's sufficient, I think.

When Eben came home from his successful sales, he found a changeling.

What was the dear Pums saying with regard to her changeling?

To be fair, and slightly ashamed of myself, I did not watch changeling.

The changeling inherits, and the process is repeated, step by step.

Irene isn't a changeling at all, and she never had anything to do with the fairies.

I tell you I'm a changeling, and changelings can't be taught.