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changeling

/ˈtʃeɪndʒlɪŋ/

Translations

changelingnoun

changelings

/ˈtʃeɪndʒlɪŋ/

The villagers believed the child was a changeling left by fairies.

Жители деревни верили, что ребенок был подменышем, оставленным феями.

Additional translations

обменённый ребёнок

Synonyms

changelingadjective

more changeling

Comp.

most changeling

Super.

/ˈtʃeɪndʒlɪŋ/

Archaic or literary; used to describe someone or something that is fickle or has been exchanged or substituted.

changelingnoun

A child believed to have been secretly substituted by fairies for the parents' real child in infancy.

The villagers whispered that the strange behavior of the child was because he was a changeling left by the fairies.

A person who is fickle or inconstant; one given to change.

Ever the changeling, he shifted his loyalties whenever it suited him.

changelingadjective

Fickle or inconstant; liable to change.

His changeling moods kept everyone around him on edge.