authorlingn.
/ˈɔːθəlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɔθərlɪŋ/, /ˈɑθərlɪŋ/ Now rare.
An inferior or minor author; an insignificant writer.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [noun] > inferior writer
scribblera1556
paper-blurrera1586
by-writer1587
feather-driver1593
squitter-book1594
paper-stainer1596
blur-paper1603
spoil-paper1610
penster1611
inkhorn matea1616
squitter-wit1615
ink-dabbler1616
squitter-pulpa1640
quill-driver1700
scribble-scrabble1707
authorling1752
writerling1802
inkhorn varlet1820
toe-writer1845
pen-driver1854
anonymuncule1859
ink-jerker1865
pen-pusher1875
pseudonymuncle1875
ink-spiller1881
ink-slinger1887
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1752 London Daily Advertiser 10 Nov. A Fling at the Inspector, has been as universal among the Authorlings of this Time, as a Lick at the Laureat was before.
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 29 A parcel of authorlings.
1828 Q. Rev. Mar. 418 The surviving Grub-street authorling.
1850 E. P. Whipple Ess. & Rev. (ed. 3) II. 89 Weak manikins and dapper authorlings who mistake indigestion for inspiration.
1902 Westm. Rev. Aug. 213 The works of local versifiers and other authorlings, of interest only to oneself.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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