c 3 h 4 a 1 n 1 g 2 e 1 l 1 i 1 n 1 g 2
10 letters · 17 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a person of subnormal intelligence
noun a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy
originThe noun is derived from change + -ling (suffix with the sense ‘immature; small’). Sense 6 (“idiot, simpleton”) is from the idea that foolish children had been left by magical creatures (sense 1). The adjective is derived from the noun.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- changing 15
- lanching 14
- leaching 14
- gaching 14
- leching 13
- cageling 12
- clanging 12
- encaging 12
- glaceing 12
- glancing 12
- channel 12
- enchain 12