lifeling
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
lifeling (plural lifelings)
- (rare) Little life
- c. 1601–1602, William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or VVhat You VVill”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
- Orsino: My gentleman Cesario?
Sir Andrew: 'Od's lifelings, here he is!
References[edit]
- lifeling at OneLook Dictionary Search
- lifeling in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911