† sportlingn.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sport n.¹, -ling suffix¹.

Etymology: < sport n.¹ + -ling suffix¹.An earlier occurrence of sportling in Brittain's Ida in Wks. Spenser (1679) is apparently a compositorial error for sporting (see quot. 1628 at sporting n. 1 for the correct reading).1679 Brittain's Ida in Wks. Spenser sig. Bbbb 4 The Shepherds Boys, with hundred sportlings light, Gave wings unto the times to speedy hast.

Obsolete.

1. A sport (sport n.¹ 6), an abnormal variation. rare.

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the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > [noun] > changes or actions of genes or chromosomes > mutation > mutant

sport of nature1601

lusus naturaea1661

sportling1723

sport1834

bud-sport1900

mutant1901

break1921

mutation1941

1723 P. Blair Pharmaco-botanologia i. 16 All the other are only sportlings from them.

2. A lively little person or creature.Quot. 1725² is a parodic response to A. Philips To the Honourable Miss Carteret (see quot. 1725¹).

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the world > animals > by nature > [noun] > little or playful

jolyvet1413

wanton1608

sprite1684

sportling1725

1725 A. Philips To Honourable Miss Carteret 2 When again the Lambkins play, Pretty Sportlings full of May.

1725 J. Swift in Mist's Weekly Jrnl. 2 July 3/3 Where the linnets sit and sing, Little Sportlings of the Spring.

1734 E. Phillips Nuptial Masque i. 11 Sportlings, as ye wanton go, Tripping with fantastick Toe, Let your frolick Steps declare Your little Hearts are void of Care.

1784 Wit's Mag. 1 153/1 One night some pilfering villains came, And carried off his playful lamb; Next morn he found the sportling stole; At first a sigh broke from his soul.

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

单词	sportling
释义	† sportlingn. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sport n.¹, -ling suffix¹. Etymology: < sport n.¹ + -ling suffix¹.An earlier occurrence of sportling in Brittain's Ida in Wks. Spenser (1679) is apparently a compositorial error for sporting (see quot. 1628 at sporting n. 1 for the correct reading).1679 Brittain's Ida in Wks. Spenser sig. Bbbb 4 The Shepherds Boys, with hundred sportlings light, Gave wings unto the times to speedy hast. Obsolete. 1. A sport (sport n.¹ 6), an abnormal variation. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > [noun] > changes or actions of genes or chromosomes > mutation > mutant sport of nature1601 lusus naturaea1661 sportling1723 sport1834 bud-sport1900 mutant1901 break1921 mutation1941 1723 P. Blair Pharmaco-botanologia i. 16 All the other are only sportlings from them. 2. A lively little person or creature.Quot. 1725² is a parodic response to A. Philips To the Honourable Miss Carteret (see quot. 1725¹). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by nature > [noun] > little or playful jolyvet1413 wanton1608 sprite1684 sportling1725 1725 A. Philips To Honourable Miss Carteret 2 When again the Lambkins play, Pretty Sportlings full of May. 1725 J. Swift in Mist's Weekly Jrnl. 2 July 3/3 Where the linnets sit and sing, Little Sportlings of the Spring. 1734 E. Phillips Nuptial Masque i. 11 Sportlings, as ye wanton go, Tripping with fantastick Toe, Let your frolick Steps declare Your little Hearts are void of Care. 1784 Wit's Mag. 1 153/1 One night some pilfering villains came, And carried off his playful lamb; Next morn he found the sportling stole; At first a sigh broke from his soul. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1723
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