Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

starveling

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English

Syllables: starveling
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who is thin from lack of food.

adj

Starving; suffering from starvation.

adj

Meagre; scanty.

Example Sentences

"If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows; for if I hang, old Sir John hangs with me, and thou knowest he is no starveling."
"The lean, drawn starvelings in their dream-stupefied state were jealous of my well filled out, prosperous form."
"As for the starveling rebels of our region, they soon began to reappear in town, more starved and abject, their blackened rags hanging on them[…]"
"[A] few meetings in the cape-broom, a starveling allowance of kisses in a very ill-advised publicity."

Etymology

From starve + -ling.

Inflected Forms

starvelings (plural) more starveling (comparative) most starveling (superlative)

Questions

What does starveling mean?: One who is thin from lack of food.
Where does starveling come from?: From starve + -ling.

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