Whelpling
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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
More examples""[…] 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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