changeling

Meaning of changeling

noun
  1. In pre-modern European mythology, an infant that was secretly exchanged for a mother's own baby by an evil creature. (In British, Irish and Scandinavian mythology the exchanged infants were thought to be those of fairies, sprites or trolls; in other places, they were ascribed to witches, devils, or demons.)
  2. An infant secretly exchanged with another infant by mistake or by human doing; swapling.
  3. An organism which can change shape to mimic others.
  4. A simpleton; an idiot.
  5. One apt to change; a waverer.

Information about changeling

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of changeling is: changelings.
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Hyphenation of changeling

changeling

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 10 chars.
  • changeling is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

changeling synonyms

Meaning idiot:

idiot, imbecile, cretin, moron, retard

Meaning :

auf, oaf

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