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sweet summer child

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.63 in modern English

Syllables
sweet- -sum-mer child
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who is naive, or who has never experienced hardship.

Example Sentences

Etymology

As an idiomatic phrase, apparently from the fantasy novel A Game of Thrones (1996) by George R. R. Martin, although isolated prior occurrences of the phrase go back to the 1800s. In the novel, a young boy is called a "sweet summer child" by an old woman, since seasons last for years in the novel's world and he has yet to experience winter. Later popularized by its use in the episode "Lord Snow" (2011) of the television adaptation Game of Thrones.

Inflected Forms

sweet summer children (plural)

Phrases

wet behind the ears

Frequently Paired Words

wet behind the ears

Synonyms

babe in the woods ingenue innocent naif

Questions

What does sweet summer child mean?
Someone who is naive, or who has never experienced hardship.
Where does sweet summer child come from?
As an idiomatic phrase, apparently from the fantasy novel A Game of Thrones (1996) by George R. R. Martin, although isolated prior occurrences of the phrase go back to the 1800s. In the novel, a young boy is called a "sweet summer child" by an old woman, since seasons last for years in the novel's world and he has yet to experience winter. Later popularized by its use in the episode "Lord Snow" (2011) of the television adaptation Game of Thrones.

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