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strongling

noun

Etymology

From strong + -ling. Compare weakling.

  1. derived from *strengʰ-✻
  2. inherited from *strangaz✻
  3. inherited from *strang✻
  4. inherited from strang
  5. inherited from strong
  6. suffixed as strongling — “strong + ling”

Definitions

  1. One who is strong.

    • The mother was wise: better one strongling than two weaklings.
    • But now you're saying-and I'm sure you're right about that-I'm not a 'strongling' for acting strongly any more than I was a weakling for acting weakly.
    • I humbly hope of the Almighty that I may satisfy all which is in thy heart, O my lord; for that Allah is with the weakling the more to astounding the strongling^([sic]).

The neighborhood

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