Weirdling

Pronunciation varies by accent · noun

Meaning

Someone or something which is odd, weird, strange, or unusual; oddball; weirdie; weirdo..

Definitions by Sense

1. Someone or something which is odd, weird, strange, or unusual; oddball; weirdie; weirdo.
2. Strange.

Example Sentences

It was a dusky grey haze — a weirdling, impossible, unreal haze like no sky anyone anywhere had ever seen or will ever see: it was a sky made from grey mother of pearl and stale brackish water.

The real trick was getting it out of the water before a weirdling homed in; now and then someone would pull up a half-eaten channelmouth a weirdling had devoured while it was on the line.

“And these weirdlings, who are they?” she asked, with as much of a sneer as her trembling lips allowed.

The oddballs of Hopscotch here become true weirdlings.

Oh, yes, there was certainly magick in those times, though perhaps today, in our "enlightened" age, we would find different names for such as wizards, lamias, weirdlings and warlocks.

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• weirdlings
• more weirdling
• most weirdling

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