comeling

English

Etymology

From Middle English comeling, comlynge, cumeling, cumlyng, from Old English *cymeling, equivalent to come +‎ -ling. Cognate with Old High German chomeling, chumelinc (“a comeling”).

Noun

comeling (plural comelings)

1. (obsolete) A comer; (person) an arrival.
2. (obsolete) An incomer.
3. A newcomer; stranger.
   • 2021, Graham Masterton, The Shadow People:

     Faust took a deep breath. 'That is what I was going to tell you. Sadly, the comelings caught him.'

Synonyms

• (newcomer): come-here, newling, offcomer; see also Thesaurus:newcomer

Derived terms

• outcomeling

 

Anagrams

• co-mingle, comingle