changeling

n. மாயக்குழந்தை, திருடராலோ குறும்புத் தெய்வங்களாலோ மாற்றப்பட்டக் குழந்தை, வளர்ச்சிக் குறையுற்றவர், அறிவு மழுங்கியவர்.

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Change"ling, n. Etym: [Change + -ling.] 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. Macaulay. Changelings and fools of heaven, and thence shut out. Wildly we roam in discontent about. Dryden. 3. One apt to change; a waverer. "Fickle changelings." Shak. Change"ling, a. 1. Taken or left in place of another; changed. "A little changeling boy." Shak. 2. Given to change; inconstant. [Obs.] Some are so studiously changeling. Boyle.

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