Etymology

From count +‎ -lingCategory:English terms suffixed with -ling#COUNTLING.

Noun

countling (plural countlings)Category:English lemmas#COUNTLINGCategory:English nouns#COUNTLINGCategory:English countable nouns#COUNTLINGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#COUNTLINGCategory:Pages with entries#COUNTLINGCategory:Pages with 1 entry#COUNTLING

1. A young, inferior, insignificant, or petty count.
   • 1854, Andrew Hamilton, Sixteen Months in the Danish Isles - Volume 2 - Page 6:

     I did not see, but was told of the existence of a tiny countling, less and younger than any of his sisters, and probably too important to be shown about. Indeed he was a very weighty personage, as without him the possessions of his father must [...]

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Anagrams

• conglutin