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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024-ling,1 suffix. - -ling is used to form a noun that indicates a feeling of distaste or disgust for the person or thing named:hire + -ling → hireling (= someone hired to do menial or distasteful tasks);under + -ling → underling.
- -ling is also used to form a noun that is a smaller version or example of the base word:prince + -ling → princeling;duck + -ling → duckling.
-ling-, root. - -ling- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "tongue.'' This meaning is found in such words as: bilingual, language, lingo, linguine, linguistic/s, monolingual.
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