netherling

English

Etymology

From nether- +‎ -ling.

Noun

netherling (plural netherlings)

1. Articles of clothing worn underneath; nethergarments; stockings.
2. A creature, dweller, or inhabitant of the netherworld.
   • 1995, Richard Gilliam, Martin Harry Greenberg, Edward E Kramer, Excalibur:

     The demon cat of Losanne was indeed a vile netherling, grown to unearthly hugeness by the spirit of the demon [...]

   • 2010, Samuel Sykes, Tome of the Undergates:

     It found flesh and drove deep into the netherling's hip.