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freshling

adj

Etymology

From fresh + -ling.

  1. inherited from freshen — “to freshen”
  2. derived from *preysk-✻ — “fresh”
  3. inherited from *friskaz✻ — “fresh”
  4. inherited from *frisk✻ — “fresh”
  5. inherited from fersċ — “fresh, pure, sweet”
  6. inherited from fressh
  7. suffixed as freshling — “fresh + ling”

Definitions

  1. freshly grown

    • There comes the gentle steps of spring / So delicate of hues & fair / Rich greens—& glad birds glossy wing / Fanning the freshling hedges there
    • He blundered through the lighted stretch of fresh strewn hours, / Nor looked to profit at glad life in freshling flowers

  2. An inexperienced person

    An inexperienced person; a neophyte.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA