Associations to the word «Changeling»

Wiktionary

CHANGELING, noun. (mythology) In British, Irish and Scandinavian mythology, an infant of a fairy, sprite or troll that the creature has secretly exchanged for a human infant.
CHANGELING, noun. (informal) (rare) An infant secretly exchanged with another infant; swapling.
CHANGELING, noun. (science fiction and fantasy) An organism which can change shape to mimic others.
CHANGELING, noun. (obsolete) A simpleton; an idiot.
CHANGELING, noun. (obsolete) One apt to change; a waverer.

Dictionary definition

CHANGELING, noun. A person of subnormal intelligence.
CHANGELING, noun. A child secretly exchanged for another in infancy.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King