(archaic) A base, contemptible person; a wretch.
Etymology: late 1500s. This may be another word coined by Shakespeare.
"He was some hilding fellow that had stol'n
The horse he rode on..."
- Henry IV, Part II
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Monday word: hilding
(archaic) A base, contemptible person; a wretch.
Etymology: late 1500s. This may be another word coined by Shakespeare.
"He was some hilding fellow that had stol'n
The horse he rode on..."
- Henry IV, Part II
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