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hideling

adj

Etymology

From hidel + -ing or from a back-formation from hidelings (adverb).

Definitions

  1. Given to hiding or concealment

    Given to hiding or concealment; secretive; furtive; clandestine; secret.

    • [...] although from the small creature's habits it must be to a certain extent local, several places in Kent, Sussex, Surrey, and Hampshire are known to us where it may be called abundant, taking into consideration its hideling ways.

  2. A person or thing given to hiding itself.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA