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Youngling

//ˈjʌŋlɪŋ// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Young; youthful. archaic
Noun
  1. 1
    A young person, animal, or plant; chit.

    "More dear […] than younglings to their dam."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

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