Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

freshling

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fresh-ling
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

noun

An inexperienced person; a neophyte.

Example Sentences

"There comes the gentle steps of spring / So delicate of hues & fair / Rich greens—& glad birds glossy wing / Fanning the freshling hedges there"
"He blundered through the lighted stretch of fresh strewn hours, / Nor looked to profit at glad life in freshling flowers"
"Mere freshlings are they, blank of brow, / Who read not how / Its prime had passed before / Their raw equipments, scenes, and says / Afflicted its memoried face, / That had seen every larger phase / Of human ways / Before these filled the place."

Etymology

From fresh + -ling.

Inflected Forms

freshlings (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

freshle freshman youngling

Questions

What does freshling mean?: freshly grown
Where does freshling come from?: From fresh + -ling.

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