[Lexicog] Pejorative suffixes

[Peter Kirk]

On 26/03/2005 17:19, Fritz Goerling wrote:

> Fritz Goerling wrote:
>
>  >How productive is pejorative -ling in English?
> >
> Peter Kirk:
>
> I don't think this is pejorative in English either, it is simply a
> diminutive.
> ...
>
> (FG)   How about courtling, earthling, underling?
>

Well, it is the "under" rather than the "-ling" which makes "underling"
pejorative. And "earthling" was not originally pejorative, although I
have seen it used as such. I have never seen "courtling".


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