Authorling
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A young or insignificant author.
"It is true that authorlings and poetizers are apt to affect eccentricity. Real authors, and even real poets, (by real we mean good ones,) have generally a large portion of common sense to balance their genius […]"
Example
More examples"It is true that authorlings and poetizers are apt to affect eccentricity. Real authors, and even real poets, (by real we mean good ones,) have generally a large portion of common sense to balance their genius […]"
Etymology
From author + -ling.
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