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niefling

noun
/ˈniːflɪŋ/US

Etymology

Blend of niece + nephew + sibling.

  1. learned borrowing from sibling — “relative, a relation, kinsman”
  2. compounded as niefling — “niece + nephew + sibling”

Definitions

  1. A nibling.

    • I come from a very large family (three brothers, three sisters, about as many aunts and uncles, and loads more cousins and nieflings) almost all of whom I've fallen out of contact with and honestly don't feel bad about it.
    • As well, while writing this book, I thought a lot about the future world I hope my nieflings, Kathryn, Brittany, Evan, Wyatt, Avery, Reed, Aurora, Jordan, and Megan, will see and help to make.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for niefling. 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