gnatlingn.
/ˈnatlɪŋ/ A small gnat. Also figurative, an insignificant person or thing.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > of little importance
nekardc1450
man of clouts, king of clouts1467
dandiprat1556
Tom Thumb1579
minim1590
pygmy?1592
titmouse1596
gnatling1614
rye straw1615
nazzard1619
whisk1629
whifling1640
snifty1660
whippersnapper1674
nick-ninny1699
little me1711
squita1825
lightweight1831
lay figure1835
whiffet1839
pinkeen1850
huckleberry1868
bush leaguer1906
knibloch1915
1614 J. Sylvester Tobacco Battered 198 They Who swallow Camels, swallow Gnatlings may.
1761 C. Churchill Rosciad 10 If some man..Should dare attack these gnatlings in their nest; At once they rise..Whet their small stings, and buzz about the stage.
1805 ‘C. Caustic’ Democracy Unveiled v. 156 Lest the reader think the topic..too microscopic, We'll..show Our gnat-ling in a note below.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
<
n.1614