darkling
A creature that lives in the darkA creature that lives in the dark.
/ˈdɑː(ɹ)klɪŋ/
Meaning
4 senses(rare, uncountable)Darkness.
A creature that lives in the dark.
(poetic)A demon.
(obsolete)A child of darkness; someone dark by nature or who has grown dark in character.
Origin
From darkle + -ing, darkle itself a backformation from Tighe's adjectival sense.From darkle + -ing, darkle itself a backformation from Tighe's adjectival sense.
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Forms
plural: darklings| Singular | darkling |
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uncountable
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.