kitlingn.adj.

/ˈkɪtlɪŋ/

Forms: Middle English kiteling, Middle English keetlyng, Middle English kytylyng, cytlyng, Middle English–1500s kytling, kitlyng(e, 1500s kytlyn, kitlyng, kitlinge, Scottish kitlyne, 1500s–1600s ketlyng, ketling, 1500s–1800s kitlin, kitling, kittling, 1600s–1800s kittlin, 1700s Scottish kittlen.

Etymology: Commonly identified with Old Norse kettling-r, ketling-r (Norwegian kjetlíng) kitten, diminutive of kǫttr (stem kattu); though the form of the earliest English instance, and the fact that the sense is not confined to ‘young cat’ make difficulties. But if from Old English, the form would be *cyteling, of which no explanation appears.

Now dialect.

A. n.

†1. The young of any animal; a cub, a whelp.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > family unit > [noun] > offspring or young

kindle?c1225

kitlinga1300

child1340

chita1382

birda1398

younga1398

kitten1495

baby1659

piccaninny1824

kit1957

a1300 E.E. Psalter lvi. 5 Þe kitelinges of liouns.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Deut. xxxiii. 22 Dan, keetlyng of a lyon.

c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) i. lix. 243 Thenne saide the sarpent, ‘I am a beste, and I have her in myn hole kytlingis, that I have browt forthe’.

a1450 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xviii. lxxiv [1495 de Worde The wesell..nouryssheth her kyttons] ketelinges [de Worde continues in howses and bereth them fro place to place].

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 218 They [sea-weasels or sea-dogs] breed their young whelpes or kitlings alive within their bellies, and when they list, let them foorth.

2. A young cat, a kitten. Now dialect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [noun] > kitten

kitten1377

kitlinga1530

kit1562

kittle1566

catlinga1649

kitty1707

titty1802

a1530 Johan & Tyb (Brandl) 591 I haue sene the day that pus my cat Hath had in a yere kytlyns eyghtene.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 599/1 Whan your catte kytelleth, I praye you, let me have a kytlynge.

1607 B. Jonson Volpone v. xi. sig. N2^v Whether go you now?..to drowne Kitlings ?

1783 S. Johnson Let. 18 Nov. (1994) IV. 241 Bickerstaff..gives..an account of his Cat. I could tell you as good things of Lily the white kitling.

a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Kitling, a young cat.

1894 S. R. Crockett Lilac Sunbonnet 187 I'm ower auld a Pussy Bawdrons to learn new tricks o' sayin' ‘miauw’ to the kittlins.

†3. Applied to a person; either = child, offspring (cf. cub n.¹ 3, whelp n.¹ 2b); or as resembling or acting like a kitten in some way. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > child > [noun]

wenchelc890

childeOE

littleOE

littlingOE

hired-childc1275

smalla1300

brolla1325

innocentc1325

chickc1330

congeonc1330

impc1380

faunt1382

young onec1384

scionc1390

weea1400

birdc1405

chickenc1440

enfaunta1475

small boyc1475

whelp1483

burden1490

little one1509

brat?a1513

younkerkin1528

kitling1541

urchin1556

loneling1579

breed1586

budling1587

pledge?1587

ragazzo1591

simplicity1592

bantling1593

tadpole1594

two-year-old1594

bratcheta1600

lambkin1600

younker1601

dandling1611

buda1616

eyas-musketa1616

dovelinga1618

whelplinga1618

puppet1623

butter printa1625

chit1625

piggy1625

ninnyc1626

youngster1633

fairya1635

lap-child1655

chitterling1675

squeaker1676

cherub1680

kid1690

wean1692

kinchin1699

getlingc1700

totum17..

charity-child1723

small girl1734

poult1739

elfin1748

piggy-wiggy1766

piccaninny1774

suck-thumb18..

teeny1802

olive1803

sprout1813

stumpie1820

sexennarian1821

totty1822

toddle1825

toddles1828

poppet1830

brancher1833

toad1836

toddler1837

ankle-biter1840

yarkera1842

twopenny1844

weeny1844

tottykins1849

toddlekins1852

brattock1858

nipper1859

sprat1860

ninepins1862

angelet1868

tenas man1870

tad1877

tacker1885

chavvy1886

joey1887

toddleskin1890

thumb-sucker1891

littlie1893

peewee1894

tyke1894

che-ild1896

kiddo1896

mother's bairn1896

childling1903

kipper1905

pick1905

small1907

God forbid1909

preadolescent1909

subadolescent1914

toto1914

snookums1919

tweenie1919

problem child1920

squirt1924

trottie1924

tiddler1927

subteen1929

perisher1935

poopsie1937

pre-schooler1937

pre-teen1938

pre-teener1940

juvie1941

sprog1944

pikkie1945

subteenager1947

pre-teenager1948

pint-size1954

saucepan lid1960

rug rat1964

smallie1984

bosom-child-

1541 Aberd. Reg. XVII. in J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (1825) Calling of him theiff..howris geyt, preistis kitlyne.

a1625 J. Fletcher Wild-goose Chase (1652) iv. iii. 44 Out Kitlings: What Catterwalling's here?

1688 J. Jones Tripos ii, in J. Barrett Ess. Earlier Life Swift (1808) 68 Bid your mistress go hang herself..you whore's kitling.

1702 D. Defoe Good Advice to Ladies 84 Come, says the patient Kitling, Husband come.

B. adj.

Resembling a kitten or that of a kitten; inexperienced; diminutive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > young person > [adjective] > young and inexperienced

younga1200

callow1580

coltisha1586

pen-feathered1598

kitling1604

unfledgeda1616

codlinged1661

calfish1772

cubbish1819

vealy1890

preppy1900

1604 T. Middleton Ant & Nightingale sig. F^v Like an old cunning Bowler to fetch in a yong ketling Gamester.

1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. K5 His kitling eyes.

1689 ‘Philopolites’ Grumbletonian Crew 3 A new Oath of Allegiance..which every Kitling Critic..takes upon him to censure.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	kitling
释义	kitlingn.adj. /ˈkɪtlɪŋ/ Forms: Middle English kiteling, Middle English keetlyng, Middle English kytylyng, cytlyng, Middle English–1500s kytling, kitlyng(e, 1500s kytlyn, kitlyng, kitlinge, Scottish kitlyne, 1500s–1600s ketlyng, ketling, 1500s–1800s kitlin, kitling, kittling, 1600s–1800s kittlin, 1700s Scottish kittlen. Etymology: Commonly identified with Old Norse kettling-r, ketling-r (Norwegian kjetlíng) kitten, diminutive of kǫttr (stem kattu); though the form of the earliest English instance, and the fact that the sense is not confined to ‘young cat’ make difficulties. But if from Old English, the form would be cyteling, of which no explanation appears. Now dialect. A. n. †1. The young of any animal; a cub, a whelp. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > family unit > [noun] > offspring or young kindle?c1225 kitlinga1300 child1340 chita1382 birda1398 younga1398 kitten1495 baby1659 piccaninny1824 kit1957 a1300 E.E. Psalter* lvi. 5 Þe kitelinges of liouns. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Deut. xxxiii. 22 Dan, keetlyng of a lyon. c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) i. lix. 243 Thenne saide the sarpent, ‘I am a beste, and I have her in myn hole kytlingis, that I have browt forthe’. a1450 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xviii. lxxiv [1495 de Worde The wesell..nouryssheth her kyttons] ketelinges [de Worde continues in howses and bereth them fro place to place]. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 218 They [sea-weasels or sea-dogs] breed their young whelpes or kitlings alive within their bellies, and when they list, let them foorth. 2. A young cat, a kitten. Now dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [noun] > kitten kitten1377 kitlinga1530 kit1562 kittle1566 catlinga1649 kitty1707 titty1802 a1530 Johan & Tyb (Brandl) 591 I haue sene the day that pus my cat Hath had in a yere kytlyns eyghtene. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 599/1 Whan your catte kytelleth, I praye you, let me have a kytlynge. 1607 B. Jonson Volpone v. xi. sig. N2^v Whether go you now?..to drowne Kitlings ? View more context for this quotation 1783 S. Johnson Let. 18 Nov. (1994) IV. 241 Bickerstaff..gives..an account of his Cat. I could tell you as good things of Lily the white kitling. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Kitling, a young cat. 1894 S. R. Crockett Lilac Sunbonnet 187 I'm ower auld a Pussy Bawdrons to learn new tricks o' sayin' ‘miauw’ to the kittlins. †3. Applied to a person; either = child, offspring (cf. cub n.¹ 3, whelp n.¹ 2b); or as resembling or acting like a kitten in some way. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > child > [noun] wenchelc890 childeOE littleOE littlingOE hired-childc1275 smalla1300 brolla1325 innocentc1325 chickc1330 congeonc1330 impc1380 faunt1382 young onec1384 scionc1390 weea1400 birdc1405 chickenc1440 enfaunta1475 small boyc1475 whelp1483 burden1490 little one1509 brat?a1513 younkerkin1528 kitling1541 urchin1556 loneling1579 breed1586 budling1587 pledge?1587 ragazzo1591 simplicity1592 bantling1593 tadpole1594 two-year-old1594 bratcheta1600 lambkin1600 younker1601 dandling1611 buda1616 eyas-musketa1616 dovelinga1618 whelplinga1618 puppet1623 butter printa1625 chit1625 piggy1625 ninnyc1626 youngster1633 fairya1635 lap-child1655 chitterling1675 squeaker1676 cherub1680 kid1690 wean1692 kinchin1699 getlingc1700 totum17.. charity-child1723 small girl1734 poult1739 elfin1748 piggy-wiggy1766 piccaninny1774 suck-thumb18.. teeny1802 olive1803 sprout1813 stumpie1820 sexennarian1821 totty1822 toddle1825 toddles1828 poppet1830 brancher1833 toad1836 toddler1837 ankle-biter1840 yarkera1842 twopenny1844 weeny1844 tottykins1849 toddlekins1852 brattock1858 nipper1859 sprat1860 ninepins1862 angelet1868 tenas man1870 tad1877 tacker1885 chavvy1886 joey1887 toddleskin1890 thumb-sucker1891 littlie1893 peewee1894 tyke1894 che-ild1896 kiddo1896 mother's bairn1896 childling1903 kipper1905 pick1905 small1907 God forbid1909 preadolescent1909 subadolescent1914 toto1914 snookums1919 tweenie1919 problem child1920 squirt1924 trottie1924 tiddler1927 subteen1929 perisher1935 poopsie1937 pre-schooler1937 pre-teen1938 pre-teener1940 juvie1941 sprog1944 pikkie1945 subteenager1947 pre-teenager1948 pint-size1954 saucepan lid1960 rug rat1964 smallie1984 bosom-child- 1541 Aberd. Reg. XVII. in J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (1825) Calling of him theiff..howris geyt, preistis kitlyne. a1625 J. Fletcher Wild-goose Chase (1652) iv. iii. 44 Out Kitlings: What Catterwalling's here? 1688 J. Jones Tripos ii, in J. Barrett Ess. Earlier Life Swift (1808) 68 Bid your mistress go hang herself..you whore's kitling. 1702 D. Defoe Good Advice to Ladies 84 Come, says the patient Kitling, Husband come. B. adj. Resembling a kitten or that of a kitten; inexperienced; diminutive. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > young person > [adjective] > young and inexperienced younga1200 callow1580 coltisha1586 pen-feathered1598 kitling1604 unfledgeda1616 codlinged1661 calfish1772 cubbish1819 vealy1890 preppy1900 1604 T. Middleton Ant & Nightingale sig. F^v Like an old cunning Bowler to fetch in a yong ketling Gamester. 1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. K5 His kitling eyes. 1689 ‘Philopolites’ Grumbletonian Crew 3 A new Oath of Allegiance..which every Kitling Critic..takes upon him to censure. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.adj.a1300
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