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Manling vs Madling - What's the difference?

manling | madling |

As nouns the difference between manling and madling

is that manling is a little man; a man of short stature while madling is a mad creature; one who acts wildly or foolishly.

As an adjective madling is

mad; insane; crazy.

manling

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A little man; a man of short stature.
  • * 1641 , , Timber, or Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter :
    • Again, a man so gracious and in high favour with the Emperor, as Augustus often called him his witty manling (for the littleness of his stature), and, if we may trust antiquity, had designed him for a secretary of estate, and invited him to the palace, which he modestly prayed off and refused.
  • (literary) A young man; a boy.
  • * 1894 , , " Kaa's Hunting", ''The Jungle Book:
    • "Hah!" said Kaa with a chuckle, "he has friends everywhere, this manling'. Stand back, ' manling . And hide you, O Poison People. I break down the wall."
  • * 1965 , , Dune , Berkley (2005), ISBN 9780441013593, page 68:
    • "Before I do your bidding, manling ," Mapes said, "I must cleanse the way between us.

    Synonyms

    * (little man) * (boy) See also .

    madling

    English

    Etymology 1

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mad creature; one who acts wildly or foolishly.
  • *1881 , Benjamin Preston, Dialect and other poems, with glossary of the local words :
    • A madling' acts in opposition to common sense. He is an owd ' madling whose reason has become childish by the lapse of years.
  • *2006 , Jacqueline Carey, Godslayer: Volume II of The Sundering :
    • A madling was speaking to them; a woman. Dani stopped with a mind to retreat.
  • *2010 , George R. R. Martin, Gardner Dozois, Songs of the Dying Earth :
    • 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)
  • Mad; insane; crazy.
  • *1881 , Benjamin Preston, Dialect and other poems, with glossary of the local words :
    • To be madling is to have our ideas confused.
  • *2006 , Jacqueline Carey, Godslayer: Volume II of The Sundering :
    • The madling woman snatched the tray from his hands, giving it to the Fjeltroll to inspect.