youngling
/ˈjʌŋlɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A young person, animal, or plant; chit.
Example Sentences
- "More dear […] than younglings to their dam."
- "He will not be so willing, I think, to join with you, as with us younglings."
- "No eagle-child have I seen being taught to fly by its parents. That is why younglings will not open their wings until driven by hunger."
- "2005 May 19, George Lucas, “Star Wars: Episode III ”, “Revenge of the Sith”, Lucasfilm Obi-Wan Kenobi: I have seen a security hologram of him...killing younglings."
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *h₂ey-, youngling, ġeongling, *jungiling, *jungalingaz
Usage
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Phrases
:Category:Baby animals
female animal