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manling

noun
/ˈmænlɪŋ/

Etymology

From man + -ling.

  1. inherited from *mon-✻ — “human being, man”
  2. inherited from *mann-✻ — “man”
  3. inherited from *mann✻
  4. inherited from mann — “human being, person, man”
  5. inherited from man
  6. suffixed as manling — “man + ling”

Definitions

  1. A little man

    A little man; a man of short stature.

  2. A young man

    A young man; a boy.

    • 'Hah!' said Kaa with a chuckle, 'he has friends everywhere, this manling. Stand back, manling; and hide you, O Poison-People. I break down the wall.'
    • "Before I do your bidding, manling," Mapes said, "I must cleanse the way between us. […]
    • “You're trespassing on my dungeon, manling. And I am the thing... you should be afraid of.”

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for manling. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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