weirdling

English

Etymology

From weird +‎ -ling. Compare oddling.

Noun

weirdling (plural weirdlings)

1. Someone or something which is odd, weird, strange, or unusual; oddball; weirdie; weirdo.
   • 2000, Alan Rodgers, Pandora:

     It was a dusky grey haze — a weirdling, impossible, unreal haze like no sky anyone anywhere had ever seen or will ever see: it was a sky made from grey mother of pearl and stale brackish water.

   • 2002, Allen Steele, Coyote:

     The real trick was getting it out of the water before a weirdling homed in; now and then someone would pull up a half-eaten channelmouth a weirdling had devoured while it was on the line.

   • 2002, Ray Aldridge, Pharaoh Contract:

     “And these weirdlings, who are they?” she asked, with as much of a sneer as her trembling lips allowed.

   • 2006, Gregory Rabassa, If This Be Treason:

     The oddballs of Hopscotch here become true weirdlings.

   • 2007, Brian Lumley, The House of Cthulhu:

     Oh, yes, there was certainly magick in those times, though perhaps today, in our "enlightened" age, we would find different names for such as wizards, lamias, weirdlings and warlocks.

Synonyms

• bizarro, kook, odd duck, strangeling; see also Thesaurus:strange person

Adjective

weirdling (comparative more weirdling, superlative most weirdling)

1. Strange.

Synonyms

• bizarre, odd, weird; see also Thesaurus:strange

Anagrams

• rewilding, wildering