daughterling en · NOUN
Etymology
From daughter + -ling.
Meanings
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(diminutive, endearing) A daughter, especially a young or precious one.
Would I have my vanished sight once more I Tell me, daughterling, how looks this promised land towards which we have been journeying these months and years?
2004, Flora Annie Webster Steel, Dramatic History of India:BLOSSOM of the almond-trees, • April's gift to April's bees, Birthday ornament of spring, Flora's fairest daughterling; — [...]
2003, William Patten, Poems Old and New:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| daughterlings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (14)
bg дъщери́чка (a daughter) · gd nìonag (a daughter) · de Tochterling (a daughter) · ga iníonóg (a daughter) · sv tös (a daughter) · gd nìghneag (a daughter) · fr fifille (a daughter) · cy merchig (a daughter) · de Tochterchen (a daughter) · it figliola (a daughter) · fr fillette (a daughter) · bg дъщери́ца (a daughter) · pt filhinha (a daughter) · es hijita (a daughter)