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

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Noun[edit]

youngling ‎(plural younglings)

  1. A young person, animal or plant; chit.
    • 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.

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