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stripling Definition

strip·ling (strip′liŋ)

noun

a grown boy; youth passing into manhood

Etymology: ME strypling, lit., one slim as a strip

stripling Synonyms

stripling

n.

fledgling, youngster, minor; see youth 3.

stripling Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • mere: There I was, a mere stripling of a lad, doing one of his first cameras.
  • handsome: The latter had become a tall, handsome stripling during his residence abroad, and bid fair to rival Bax himself in stature.
  • tall: The latter had become a tall, handsome stripling during his residence abroad, and bid fair to rival Bax himself in stature.
stripling Quotes

Will there never come a season Which shall rid us of the curse Of a prose which knows no reason And an unmelodious verse† When there stands a muzzled stripling, Mute, beside a muzzled bore: When the Rudyards cease from kipling And the Haggards Ride no more.

—Stephen,J(ames) K(enneth)

Browse dictionary entries near stripling

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