| 单词 | pindling |
| 释义 | pindling in British English (ˈpɪndlɪŋ) adjective dialect 1. Western England peevish or fractious 2. US sickly or puny Word origin C19: perhaps changed from spindlingpindling in American English (ˈpɪndlɪŋ; ˈpɪndlɪn) adjective US, Dialectal weak and undersized; puny Word origin prob. var. of piddle verb intransitivepindling in American English (ˈpɪndlɪŋ) adjective old-fashioned puny; sickly; frail; weak Word origin [1860–65, Amer.; pine2 + -ling1, on the model of dwindling]This word is first recorded in the period 1860–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Paleolithic, big brother, blind spot, jumping jack, metric system-ling is a suffix of nouns, often pejorative, denoting one concerned with (hireling; underling), or diminutive (princeling; duckling)Pindling in American English (ˈpɪndlɪŋ) noun Lynden Oscar 1930–2000, Bahamian political leader: prime minister 1967–92 |
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