Etymology

badling

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Today it means: One who is considered bad. Full definition →

Middle English *badling ← Old English bædling
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badling · noun1

  1. Old English · inherited frombædling“an effeminate person”
  2. Middle English · inherited from*badling
  3. English todaybadling

Perhaps from Middle English *badling, from Old English bædling (“an effeminate person”), or simply bad + -ling.

badling · noun2

Perhaps an alteration of paddling.

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