airlingn.

Brit.

/ˈɛːlɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈɛrlɪŋ/

Forms: 1600s ayreling, 1700s– airling.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: air n.¹, -ling suffix¹.

Etymology: Apparently < air n.¹ + -ling suffix¹.

†1. A young, thoughtless person. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > people > person > young person > [noun]

youngeOE

younglingOE

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young onec1384

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young person1438

young blood1557

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chiseller1922

juvenile adult1926

YA1974

yoof1986

1611 B. Jonson Catiline i. sig. B3 Some more there be slight Ayrelings, will be wonne, With dogs, and horses.

1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Airling (an incorrect spelling) an earling, a young thoughtless person.

2. A creature of the air; an animal that lives high above the ground; an ethereal or magical being.

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a1718 J. Bulkeley Last-day (1719) xi. 337 High o're the Realms of Light, where golden Orbs Rowl in cælestial Fulgence, opes a Space..charm'd With heav'nly Airlings.

1718 T. Purney Chevalier de St. George 45 No Lambkins bleat, no soft-tongu'd Airlings sing.

1855 T. B. Aldrich Bells 37 Fairy Monok... This queen immortal loved the knight, And so she sent an airling brood To lead him thro' the bosky wood.

1885 E. Douglas Queen of Hid Isle ii. ii. 48 Why should I ever seek this airling queen?

1991 H. S. Bevington World & Bo Tree 82 In daylight, swinging wildly from the tall trees..the other lemurs are sociable airlings.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	airling
释义	airlingn. Brit. /ˈɛːlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɛrlɪŋ/ Forms: 1600s ayreling, 1700s– airling. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: air n.¹, -ling suffix¹. Etymology: Apparently < air n.¹ + -ling suffix¹. †1. A young, thoughtless person. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > young person > [noun] youngeOE younglingOE girlc1300 youtha1325 young onec1384 birdc1405 young person1438 young blood1557 primrosea1568 slip1582 juvenal1598 quat1607 airling1611 egga1616 saplinga1616 chita1657 a slip of a girla1660 juvenile1733 young adult1762 boots1806 snip1838 spring chicken1857 yob1859 kid1884 chiseller1922 juvenile adult1926 YA1974 yoof1986 1611 B. Jonson Catiline i. sig. B3 Some more there be slight Ayrelings, will be wonne, With dogs, and horses. View more context for this quotation 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Airling (an incorrect spelling) an earling, a young thoughtless person. 2. A creature of the air; an animal that lives high above the ground; an ethereal or magical being. ΚΠ a1718 J. Bulkeley Last-day (1719) xi. 337 High o're the Realms of Light, where golden Orbs Rowl in cælestial Fulgence, opes a Space..charm'd With heav'nly Airlings. 1718 T. Purney Chevalier de St. George 45 No Lambkins bleat, no soft-tongu'd Airlings sing. 1855 T. B. Aldrich Bells 37 Fairy Monok... This queen immortal loved the knight, And so she sent an airling brood To lead him thro' the bosky wood. 1885 E. Douglas Queen of Hid Isle ii. ii. 48 Why should I ever seek this airling queen? 1991 H. S. Bevington World & Bo Tree 82 In daylight, swinging wildly from the tall trees..the other lemurs are sociable airlings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1611
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