motherling
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motherling
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From mother + -ling.
noun motherlings
- A mother, especially a precious one. I will marry again, motherling! I will indeed; but this time let me choose for myself," he said consolingly as the fond woman clung to him in mingled joy at seeing him again, and grief at the failure of her schemes.
- A woman's child. First, to resolve gender ambiguity in links to collateral relatives, he introduced the symbols F (“fatherling”) and M (“motherling”) to refer to a “man's child” and a “woman's child,” respectively.
- Mother. Dr. Howard shook his head doubtingly. "Motherling. please, motherling," coaxed Bab.
Talk about this word "motherling." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/motherling. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. motherling. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/motherling "motherling." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/motherling.
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@misc{motherling_2026,
title = {motherling},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/motherling},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
