netherling

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noun

Articles of clothing worn underneath; nethergarments; stockings.

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Meanings

nounnetherling (plural netherlings)

plural netherlings

  1. Articles of clothing worn underneath; nethergarments; stockings.
  2. A creature, dweller, or inhabitant of the netherworld.

    It found flesh and drove deep into the netherling's hip.

    2010, Samuel Sykes, Tome of the Undergates
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    The demon cat of Losanne was indeed a vile netherling, grown to unearthly hugeness by the spirit of the demon [...]

    1995, Richard Gilliam, Martin Harry Greenberg, Edward E Kramer, Excalibur

Origin

From nether- + -ling.

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APA

netherling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/netherling

MLA

“netherling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/netherling. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “netherling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/netherling.

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