Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
youngling en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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.
Meanings
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(archaic) Young; youthful.
Forms
Synonyms
young · youngling · youngthly · hebetic · baby-faced · youngly · youthsome · youthly · juvenile · youngsome · youthful
Translations (3)
nl jeugdig (young) · io yuna (young) · bg млад (young)
youngling en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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.
Meanings
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A young person, animal, or plant; chit.
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.
More dear […] than younglings to their dam.
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 52:He will not be so willing, I think, to join with you, as with us younglings.
1556, Nicholas Ridley, conference with Hugh Latimer: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.
1927, Dhan Gopal Mukerji, Gay-Neck, the Story of a Pigeon, E.P. Dutton & Co., page 43:
Forms
Holonyms
litter · brood · crèche
Hypernyms
animal
Hyponyms
swanling · smolt · frogling · joey · poddy · larva · kitty · ephyrae · kitten · spat · puppy · parr · zoea · kid · pup · fry · infant · crablet · filly · leptocephalus · bunny · bull-pup · polliwog · bear-whelp · nymph · yeanling · calf · caterpillar · puggle · fawn · colt · leveret · nestling · gosling · fledgling · eyas · pluteus · duckling · doveling · hatchling · orphan · lion cub · piper · cria · cygnet · bearcub · snakelet · lamb · baby · foal · eaglet · juvenile · dovelet · piglet · hogget · cuttlet · littleneck · yearling · chick · cub · nauplius · kit · squab · tiger cub · whelp · tadpole
Relateds
:Category:Baby animals · young · spawn · offspring · female animal · pregnant · child
Synonyms
youngling · child
Translations (5)
mk младенче (young person, animal, or plant) · io yuno (young person, animal, or plant) · bg малко (young person, animal, or plant) · tr sabi (young person, animal, or plant) · unm wësksit (young person, animal, or plant)