Youngling
/ˈjʌŋlɪŋ/ adj, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A young person, animal, or plant; chit.
"More dear […] than younglings to their dam."
Adjective
- 1 Young; youthful. archaic
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"More dear […] than younglings to their dam."
Etymology
From Middle English youngling, ȝongelyng, ȝungling, from Old English ġeongling (“a youth, youngling”), from Proto-West Germanic *jungiling, from Proto-Germanic *jungalingaz, *jungilingaz (“young man, youngling”). Doublet of Yngling. By surface analysis, young + -ling.