newling

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English

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noun

""[…] Seest thou not by the stripling's face that he be a newling (newcomer) in the town.""
"“A newling!” Fascinated, but wary not to stand and reach for it, Rhiana kept her ears pricked—and heard another. A newling and its elder protector."
"Unlike a newling, I have to have air to breathe, and this idiot is squeezing so hard I can barely draw in a breath."

From new + -ling. Cognate with Dutch nieuweling (“a novice, beginner”), German Neuling (“a novice”).

newlings (plural)

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What does newling mean?

Where does newling come from?

From new + -ling. Cognate with Dutch nieuweling (“a novice, beginner”), German Neuling (“a novice”).

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