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foundling

found·ling

US/ˈfaʊndlɪŋ/ rare

noun

1.

a child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown

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Origin

From Middle English foundlyng, fondeyng, variants of Middle English fyndling, fyndlyng. By surface analysis, found + -ling.

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