Youngling Definition

yŭnglĭng
noun
A young person; youth.
Webster's New World
A young animal or plant.
Webster's New World
A novice.
Webster's New World
adjective
Young.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Youngling

Noun

Singular:
youngling
Plural:
younglings

Origin of Youngling

  • From Middle English youngling, ȝungling, from Old English Ä¡eongling (“a youth"), from Proto-Germanic *jungalingaz, *jungilingaz (“young man, youngling"), equivalent to young +"Ž -ling. Cognate with Dutch jongeling (“a youngster"), German Jüngling (“a youth"), Swedish yngling (“a youth, kid"), Icelandic unglingur (“teenager, youth"). More at young.

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