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Unknown. Likely a contraction of earlier hilderling, itself an alteration of hinderling.
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Today it means: A wretch, a contemptible person. Full definition →
Unknown. Likely a contraction of earlier hilderling, itself an alteration of hinderling.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.