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单词 fearling
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fearlingn.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Greek lexical item. Etymons: fear n., fear v., -ling suffix1.
Etymology: < either fear n. or fear v. + -ling suffix1, after ancient Greek Ὑποδεδιὼς (Aristophanes Birds 65) < ὑποδείδειν to fear.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈfearling.
A creature that fears.Apparently an isolated use.
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1837 C. A. Wheelwright tr. Aristophanes Birds I. 216 I am a Libyan bird, the Fearling [Gk. Ὑποδεδιὼς] called.
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