hideling
English
Etymology 1
From hidel + -ing or from a back-formation from hidelings (adverb).
Adjective
hideling (comparative more hideling, superlative most hideling)
- (dialectal) Given to hiding or concealment; secretive; furtive; clandestine; secret.
- 1895, Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele, The Spectator, Volume 7:
- [...] 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.
- 1895, Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele, The Spectator, Volume 7:
Related terms
- hidelings
Etymology 2
From hide + -ling.
Noun
hideling (plural hidelings)
- (dialectal) A person or thing given to hiding itself.
Anagrams
- hielding