youngling
1 synonym and 1 antonym for youngling, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A young human, creature, or plant; a chit.
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Came into English via 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”). It is a doublet of Yngling. By surface analysis, young + -ling.
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