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strangeling

noun

Etymology

From strange + -ling.

  1. derived from extrāneus — “that which is on the outside”
  2. derived from estrange
  3. inherited from straunge
  4. suffixed as strangeling — “strange + ling”

Definitions

  1. One who is strange, foreign, or unusual

    One who is strange, foreign, or unusual; stranger.

    • Every strangeling ( Fremdling) has gone through a coming-to-terms with the mother, but has another such ahead: ... An inner voice holds the strangeling back from blasphemy against his own origin, even though he is filled with rebellion.

The neighborhood

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