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surling

noun

Etymology

From surly + -ing? Related to surly.

  1. derived from senior — “older, elder”
  2. derived from sire — “master, sir, lord”
  3. inherited from sir
  4. suffixed as surly — “sir + ly”
  5. formed as surling — “surly + -ing”

Definitions

  1. A sour, morose fellow.

    • And as for theſe ſowr ſurlings, they are to be commended to Sieur Gaulard

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for surling. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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