youngling

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Middle English youngling, ȝungling, from Old English ġeongling (“a youth”), from Proto-Germanic *jungalingaz, *jungilingaz (“young man, youngling”), equivalent to young +‎ -ling. Cognate with Dutch jongeling (“a youngster”), German Jüngling (“a youth”), Swedish yngling (“a youth, kid”), Icelandic unglingur (“teenager, youth”). More at young.

Adjective [edit]

youngling (comparative more youngling, superlative most youngling)

  1. young; youthful

Translations [edit]

young

Noun [edit]

youngling (plural younglings)

  1. A youth; a youngster; a young animal.
    • Spenser
      More dear […] than younglings to their dam.
    • Ridley
      He will not be so willing, I think, to join with you as with us younglings.

Translations [edit]

a youth
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