youngling

English

Etymology

From Middle English youngling, ȝongelyng, 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. Doublet of Yngling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjʌŋlɪŋ/

Adjective

youngling (comparative more youngling, superlative most youngling)

1. (archaic) young; youthful

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:young

Translations

young

• Dutch: jeugdig (nl)

• Ido: yuna (io)

Noun

youngling (plural younglings)

1. A young person, animal or plant; chit.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book I, canto X, stanza 52:

     More dear […] than younglings to their dam.

   • 1556, Nicholas Ridley, conference with Hugh Latimer

     He will not be so willing, I think, to join with you, as with us younglings.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:youngling (animal) or Thesaurus:child (human)

Translations

young person, animal, or plant

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} jongeling (nl) m
• German: ^{(please verify)} Jüngling (de) m

• Ido: yuno (io)