youngling

/ˈjʌŋlɪŋ/

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.

youngling means young; youthful. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

adj

Young; youthful.

noun

A young person, animal, or plant; chit.“More dear […] than younglings to their dam.”