youngling

Etymology

From Middle English youngling, ȝongelyng, ȝungling, from Old English ġeongling (“a youth”), from Proto-Germanic *jungalingaz, *jungilingaz (“young man, youngling”), equivalent to young +‎ -ling. Cognate with Dutch jongeling (“a youngster”), German Jüngling (“a youth”), Swedish yngling (“a youth, kid”), Icelandic unglingur (“teenager, youth”). More at young.

Adjective

youngling (comparative more youngling, superlative most youngling)

1. (archaic) young; youthful

Noun

youngling (plural younglings)

1. A young person, animal or plant; chit.
   • Edmund Spenser

     More dear […] than younglings to their dam.

   • Ridley

     He will not be so willing, I think, to join with you as with us younglings.