Madling vs Midling - What's the difference?
madling | midling |
A mad creature; one who acts wildly or foolishly.
*1881 , Benjamin Preston, Dialect and other poems, with glossary of the local words :
*2006 , Jacqueline Carey, Godslayer: Volume II of The Sundering :
*2010 , George R. R. Martin, Gardner Dozois, Songs of the Dying Earth :
Mad; insane; crazy.
*1881 , Benjamin Preston, Dialect and other poems, with glossary of the local words :
*2006 , Jacqueline Carey, Godslayer: Volume II of The Sundering :
As adjectives the difference between madling and midling
is that madling is mad; insane; crazy while midling is .As a noun madling
is a mad creature; one who acts wildly or foolishly.madling
English
Etymology 1
From .Noun
(en noun)- A madling' acts in opposition to common sense. He is an owd ' madling whose reason has become childish by the lapse of years.
- A madling was speaking to them; a woman. Dani stopped with a mind to retreat.
- The madling —he had appeared today in the form of Austeri-Pranz, one of Vespanus' instructors at Roë, an intimidating man with bulging, rolling eyes and a formidable overbite—gave the question his consideration.
Etymology 2
Either from attributive use of madling (see above), or for maddling, present participle of . More at (l).Adjective
(en adjective)- To be madling is to have our ideas confused.
- The madling woman snatched the tray from his hands, giving it to the Fjeltroll to inspect.