change·ling /ˈʧenʤlɪŋ/
調換兒,矮小丑陋的小孩,低能兒
Change·ling, n.
1. One who, or that which, is left or taken in the place of another, as a child exchanged by fairies.
Such, men do changelings call, so changed by fairies' theft. --Spenser.
The changeling [a substituted writing] never known. --Shak.
2. A simpleton; an idiot.
Changelings and fools of heaven, and thence shut out.
Wildly we roam in discontent about.
3. One apt to change; a waverer. “Fickle changelings.”
Change·ling, a.
1. Taken or left in place of another; changed. “A little changeling boy.”
2. Given to change; inconstant. [Obs.]
Some are so studiously changeling. --Boyle.
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changeling
n 1: a person of subnormal intelligence [syn: idiot, imbecile,
cretin, moron, half-wit, retard]
2: a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy