youngling

[ yuhng-ling ]
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noun
  1. a young person.

  2. anything young, as a young animal.

  1. a novice; a beginner.

adjective
  1. young; youthful.

Origin of youngling

1
before 900; Middle English yongling,Old English geongling; cognate with Dutch jongeling,German Jüngling.See young, -ling1

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How to use youngling in a sentence

  • The dour recluse still there (he has his cake) and the douce youngling, minion of pleasure, Phedo's toyable fair hair.

    Ulysses | James Joyce

British Dictionary definitions for youngling

youngling

/ (ˈjʌŋlɪŋ) /


noun
  1. literary

    • a young person, animal, or plant

    • (as modifier): a youngling brood

Origin of youngling

1
Old English geongling

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