cloudling

Etymology

From cloud + -ling.

cloudling means A small or miniature cloud; an immature or formative stage in the development of a cloud. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.

noun

A small or miniature cloud; an immature or formative stage in the development of a cloud.“And yet at first it seemed hard to believe that so innocent a cloudling could be the progenitor of mist dense enough to blot out even a section of the enormous landscape.”