Airling

//ˈɛə(ɹ)lɪŋ// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A thoughtless, light-hearted person. archaic

    "Some more there be, slight airlings, will be won With dogs and horses, or perhaps a whore."

  2. 2
    A creature of the air, such as a bird, fairy, etc. poetic

    "This queen immortal loved the knight, And so she sent an airling brood To lead him thro ' the bosky wood Until he knew no left nor right; And as he paused upon a steep That rose from out a fountain place, They sprinkled dew-drops on his face, And so he fell asleep."

Synonyms

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"Some more there be, slight airlings, will be won With dogs and horses, or perhaps a whore."

Etymology

From air + -ling.

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