littlingn.¹

Brit.

/ˈlɪtl̩ɪŋ/,

/ˈlɪtlɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈlɪdəlɪŋ/

Forms: Old English litlincg (rare), Old English litling, Old English litlyng (rare), Old English lytling, Old English lytlingan (Mercian, accusative plural, perhaps transmission error), Old English lytlingc (rare), Old English lytlung (rare), Old English lytlyng (rare), late Old English litleng (Kentish), 1700s litteling, 1800s– littling.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: little adj., -ing suffix³; little adj., -ling suffix¹.

Etymology: Originally (in Old English) < little adj. + -ing suffix³. In later use perhaps also partly < little adj. + -ling suffix¹.Apparently re-formed in the 18th cent.

Chiefly regional in later use.

A small child; (in later use) a small and young animal.

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-

the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun]

waningc900

littlingOE

lessingc1350

abating1370

diminutionc1374

minishinga1382

decrease1383

remissiona1398

shrinkinga1398

decreasing1398

adminishing?c1400

abbreviation?a1425

lessening?a1425

minoration?a1425

disincrease1430

abatement1433

restrictiona1450

batea1475

diminuation1477

limitation1483

abate1486

minute1495

minishment1533

mitigation1533

diminishinga1535

extenuation1542

slacking1542

reduce1549

diminishment1551

perditionc1555

debatementa1563

rebatement1573

obstriction1578

imminution1583

contracting1585

contraction1589

rabate1589

rebating1598

retrenchmentc1600

decession1606

ravalling1609

reducement1619

decrement1621

bating1629

shrivellinga1631

decretion1635

dejection1652

abater1653

rolling back1658

limiting1677

batement1679

reduction1695

depression1793

downdraw1813

descent1832

decess1854

lowering1868

shrinkage1873

dégringolade1883

minification1894

degrowth1920

downrating1950

the world > animals > family unit > [noun] > young animal

younglinga1300

fawn1481

little one1509

rascal1530

littling1721

youngster1776

younglet1850

younker1868

subadult1885

joey1887

trot1895

toto1914

tyke1979

OE West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xi. 25 Þu þe behyddyst þas þing fram wisun & gleawun & onwruge þa lytlingun [L. parvulis].

lOE Salisbury Psalter cxxxvi. 9 Beatus qui tenebit et allidet paruulos tuos ad petram : eadi þe nimmeð & gegideð lytlingas þine to stane.

1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Litteling, a little one.

1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield Littling, the smallest pup, &c., of a litter.

1922 A. J. Dawson Everybody's Dog Bk. ii. 30 One of the littlings of a litter may possibly turn out exceedingly well.

2004 E. Kerner Redeeming Lost v. 121 I stood then, breathing deep into my gut where my littlings lay.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

littlingn.²

Brit.

/ˈlɪtl̩ɪŋ/,

/ˈlɪtlɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈlɪd(ə)lɪŋ/

Forms: Old English lytlung, Middle English lytelynge, Middle English lytlyng, 1500s–1600s 1900s– littling.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: little v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < little v. + -ing suffix¹. With later use compare belittling n.Compare Old English gelȳtlung reduction, insufficiency < gelȳtlian (see little v.) + -ing suffix¹.

Now somewhat rare.

The action of making a person or thing little or more little, diminishing; reduction in size, amount, or importance; (also) belittling. Also: an instance of this.

ΚΠ

OE Ælfric Interrogationes Sigewulfi in Genesin (Corpus Cambr. 162) lxix, in Anglia (1884) 7 56 Seo godcundnyss ne gæð næfre on twa, ne heo nateshwom ne underfohð nane lytlunge.

a1425 (a1400) Northern Pauline Epist. (1916) Rom. xi. 12 (MED) If þe trespas of þem ben þe rychessys of þe world, and þe lytlyng [L. diminutio] of þem þe rychessys of þe folc.

a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 102 If he conseille þe to lytelynge of þi þinges þat þou hauys in tresour.

?1508 King James IV Let. 5 Mar. in A. Mackenzie Hist. Mackenzies (1894) (modernized text) 389 The which letters, as we are surely informed, you disobeyed in great contemption and littling of our authority Royal.

1650 E. Leigh Annot. New Test. 361 The Greeke word translated Despise Imports the littling or thinking of them little.

1696 P. Newcome Serm. Aldenham 16 The Logick of Infidelity..renders every Objection insuperable, to the littling of God upon all occasions.

1886 E. D'Esterre-Keeling Laughing Philosopher 129 ‘I'd like to “little” him’ (or her, as the case..might be). What my mother meant by ‘littling’, of course, I cannot say to a certainty.

1954 R. W. Service Carols Old Codger 118 To-day we weep: each morrow is A littling of regret; The saddest part of sorrow is That we in time forget.

1997 M. F. Zeiger Beyond Consol. 180 The form this takes, the ‘littling’ of elegy, continues to recall the woman poet's miniaturized relationship to the genre.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	littling
释义	littlingn.¹ Brit. /ˈlɪtl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈlɪtlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈlɪdəlɪŋ/ Forms: Old English litlincg (rare), Old English litling, Old English litlyng (rare), Old English lytling, Old English lytlingan (Mercian, accusative plural, perhaps transmission error), Old English lytlingc (rare), Old English lytlung (rare), Old English lytlyng (rare), late Old English litleng (Kentish), 1700s litteling, 1800s– littling. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: little adj., -ing suffix³; little adj., -ling suffix¹. Etymology: Originally (in Old English) < little adj. + -ing suffix³. In later use perhaps also partly < little adj. + -ling suffix¹.Apparently re-formed in the 18th cent. Chiefly regional in later use. A small child; (in later use) a small and young animal. 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- the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] waningc900 littlingOE lessingc1350 abating1370 diminutionc1374 minishinga1382 decrease1383 remissiona1398 shrinkinga1398 decreasing1398 adminishing?c1400 abbreviation?a1425 lessening?a1425 minoration?a1425 disincrease1430 abatement1433 restrictiona1450 batea1475 diminuation1477 limitation1483 abate1486 minute1495 minishment1533 mitigation1533 diminishinga1535 extenuation1542 slacking1542 reduce1549 diminishment1551 perditionc1555 debatementa1563 rebatement1573 obstriction1578 imminution1583 contracting1585 contraction1589 rabate1589 rebating1598 retrenchmentc1600 decession1606 ravalling1609 reducement1619 decrement1621 bating1629 shrivellinga1631 decretion1635 dejection1652 abater1653 rolling back1658 limiting1677 batement1679 reduction1695 depression1793 downdraw1813 descent1832 decess1854 lowering1868 shrinkage1873 dégringolade1883 minification1894 degrowth1920 downrating1950 the world > animals > family unit > [noun] > young animal younglinga1300 fawn1481 little one1509 rascal1530 littling1721 youngster1776 younglet1850 younker1868 subadult1885 joey1887 trot1895 toto1914 tyke1979 OE West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xi. 25 Þu þe behyddyst þas þing fram wisun & gleawun & onwruge þa lytlingun [L. parvulis]. lOE Salisbury Psalter cxxxvi. 9 Beatus qui tenebit et allidet paruulos tuos ad petram : eadi þe nimmeð & gegideð lytlingas þine to stane. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Litteling, a little one. 1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield Littling, the smallest pup, &c., of a litter. 1922 A. J. Dawson Everybody's Dog Bk. ii. 30 One of the littlings of a litter may possibly turn out exceedingly well. 2004 E. Kerner Redeeming Lost v. 121 I stood then, breathing deep into my gut where my littlings lay. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). littlingn.² Brit. /ˈlɪtl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈlɪtlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈlɪd(ə)lɪŋ/ Forms: Old English lytlung, Middle English lytelynge, Middle English lytlyng, 1500s–1600s 1900s– littling. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: little v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < little v. + -ing suffix¹. With later use compare belittling n.Compare Old English gelȳtlung reduction, insufficiency < gelȳtlian (see little v.) + -ing suffix¹. Now somewhat rare. The action of making a person or thing little or more little, diminishing; reduction in size, amount, or importance; (also) belittling. Also: an instance of this. ΚΠ OE Ælfric Interrogationes Sigewulfi in Genesin (Corpus Cambr. 162) lxix, in Anglia (1884) 7 56 Seo godcundnyss ne gæð næfre on twa, ne heo nateshwom ne underfohð nane lytlunge. a1425 (a1400) Northern Pauline Epist. (1916) Rom. xi. 12 (MED) If þe trespas of þem ben þe rychessys of þe world, and þe lytlyng [L. diminutio] of þem þe rychessys of þe folc. a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 102 If he conseille þe to lytelynge of þi þinges þat þou hauys in tresour. ?1508 King James IV Let. 5 Mar. in A. Mackenzie Hist. Mackenzies (1894) (modernized text) 389 The which letters, as we are surely informed, you disobeyed in great contemption and littling of our authority Royal. 1650 E. Leigh Annot. New Test. 361 The Greeke word translated Despise Imports the littling or thinking of them little. 1696 P. Newcome Serm. Aldenham 16 The Logick of Infidelity..renders every Objection insuperable, to the littling of God upon all occasions. 1886 E. D'Esterre-Keeling Laughing Philosopher 129 ‘I'd like to “little” him’ (or her, as the case..might be). What my mother meant by ‘littling’, of course, I cannot say to a certainty. 1954 R. W. Service Carols Old Codger 118 To-day we weep: each morrow is A littling of regret; The saddest part of sorrow is That we in time forget. 1997 M. F. Zeiger Beyond Consol. 180 The form this takes, the ‘littling’ of elegy, continues to recall the woman poet's miniaturized relationship to the genre. 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