Whelpling

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A little whelp.

    ""[…] For that whelpling Diogenes sought to find a man, carrying round his lamp at midday; but Marcion, having quenched the light of faith, has lost the God whom he had found.""

Example

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""[…] For that whelpling Diogenes sought to find a man, carrying round his lamp at midday; but Marcion, having quenched the light of faith, has lost the God whom he had found.""

Etymology

From whelp + -ling.

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