nurslingn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈnəːslɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈnərslɪŋ/

Forms: late Middle English norsselyng, 1500s nurslyng, 1500s nurslynge, 1500s nusling, 1500s–1600s nurceling, 1500s–1600s nusling, 1500s–1700s (1900s– (archaic)) noursling, 1600s nurslinge, 1600s– nurseling, 1600s– nursling, 1800s nurselynge (archaic), 1900s– nourseling (archaic).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nurse n.¹, -ling suffix².

Etymology: < nurse n.¹ + -ling suffix².In form nusling perhaps influenced by nuzzle v.² (compare δ. forms at that entry).

A. n.

†1. Alchemy. A substance in an early stage of its preparation. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > alchemy > other alchemical substances or theories > [noun] > others

nurslinga1500

red stonea1500

ruby stonea1500

white womana1500

firmament1612

nitre1682

a1500 in D. W. Singer Catal. Lat. & Vernacular Alchemical MSS (1928) I. 205 (MED) Than foluythe [perh. read soluythe] te norsselyng tyll he be vocyn yonder moche with hys oone mylk, that is to sey, mercury, ofte and ofte entyll he have dronkyn that suffysythe inowe.

a. A person bred in or fostered by a particular place, conditions, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > upbringing > [noun] > one brought up

nursling1557

1557 T. More Wks. 1456/2 I haue been now almost this fourtie yeares, not a geaste, but a continuall nurslynge [L. alu[m]num] in maister Bonuice house.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. vii. vii. 159 Thou that standest so much upon fortunes favors.., taking thy selfe not to be a foster child and nourceling of hers, but her naturall sonne.

1664 H. More Apol. in Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 542 A limited indulgence..to their weak but sincere Nurselings [in religion].

1696 T. D'Urfey Don Quixote i. i. 4 I have, thou Frog of Aganippe, thou Nursling of Parnassus, perpetual Delight of the Salamanca Schools, I have; and am well known too in his Worth and Virtues.

1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence ii. xxi Where Isis many a famous noursling breeds.

1785 T. Dwight Conquest of Canäan v. 113 So man, poor worm! the nursling of a day! Springs from the dust, and dwells in humble clay.

1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. (Bohn) i. 6 These nurslings of improved pedagogy are taught to dispute and decide.

1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) I. 515 Charles V was the child and nursling of that Burgundian court.

1872 A. T. de Vere Legends St. Patrick in Wks. (1884) II. 108 Men of might, Fierce men, the battle's nurslings.

1934 Internat. Affairs 13 16 The King of Siam was a nursling of Eton while his rival was a product of Harrow.

1949 G. E. Brewer in Proc. Inter-Amer. Conf. Conservation Renewable Nat. Resources 1948 v. 640/1 The earth is the mother of all of us and we are her nurslings.

1994 30 Days in Church & in World No. 10. 63/3 According to Origen the simple faithful are nurslings tied to an elementary knowledge.

b. A baby or young child, esp. in relation to its nurse; spec. an infant that is being breastfed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > baby or infant > [noun] > suckling

suckingc975

suckerc1384

suckerelc1440

sucklingc1440

pap-hawk?a1475

milksopa1500

nursling1605

teatling1631

nursery1642

1605 W. Camden Remaines 119 These Nicke-names..may also seeme to proceed from Nurses, to their Nurslings.

a1649 W. Drummond Irene in Wks. (1711) 164 These few Miles of Ground, which bred and intertain'd thy Nuslings young.

1693 J. Dryden tr. Persius Satires ii. 24 A Body made of Brass the Crone demands For her lov'd Nurseling.

1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 771 Now, blame we most the nurslings or the nurse?

1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles i. vii. 13 She..knew her nurseling's heart In the vain pomp took little part.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. iv. i. 388 She saw now..her little nurseling grown to be a brilliant man and King.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 872 Mothers and wet-nurses suffering from the disease..infecting their nurslings.

1907 in C. von Noorden et al. Metabolism & Pract. Med. III. vii. 856 Shaw and Gilday..find that 4 percent. in nurslings, and 5 per cent. in bottle-fed infants, of the fat ingested appears in the fæces.

1990 Independent on Sunday 28 Jan. 3/1 Alexandra Griffiths, a nursling in good health and of comely appearance, was presented to agitated newspaper and television employees.

3. figurative and in extended use. Used of animals or things.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > production > product

blossomc1230

fodmea1325

burgeona1340

progenya1393

geniture?1440

fruitc1450

productionc1450

offspring1573

product1573

nursling1591

bantling1593

excrement1600

procedue1602

issuea1616

procedure1626

creature1651

produce1657

parturition1659

outbirth1663

sequel1669

brat1678

operation1774

outgoing1850

fruitling1876

1591 E. Spenser Virgil's Gnat in Complaints sig. I2 A litle noursling of the humid ayre, A Gnat.

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 445 Each Hyue supplying new-come Colonies (Heau'ns tender Nurcelings) to those fragrant Mountaines.

1656 N. Culpeper Eng. Physitian Enlarged 116 The last [sc. garden Gromel] is a Nursling in the Gardens of the curious.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 86 Upward while they shoot in open Air, Indulge their Child-hood, and the Nurseling spare.

1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 74. ⁋12 Peevishness..is much oftener..the child of vanity, and nursling of ignorance.

1835 I. Taylor Spiritual Despotism iv. 174 The inevitable product of evil times—the child of oppression, and the nurseling of persecution.

1874 ‘G. Eliot’ College Breakfast Party in Macmillan's Mag. July 162 The daily nurslings of creative light.

1900 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 11 62 The doctrine of an ideal end to be realized by the collective efforts of the human race was a nursling of Hebrew prophecy and Christian prayer.

1962 Econ. Jrnl. 72 411 The growth of I.C.F.C. has been stunted by..fears lest it should compete with the issuing houses if it were to rear up its nurslings to reasonable size before floating them off on the market.

1981 Science 19 June 1400/3 In all but a few macropods.., if nurslings are taken from the mother after birth, estrous cycles continue unaltered.

B. adj. (attributive and appositive).

That is a nursling.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > baby or infant > [adjective] > relating to or characteristic of

babish1532

infantc1595

infantical1601

infantine1603

infantlya1640

infantile1696

nursling1793

1793 W. Wordsworth Descr. Sketches 176 A nursling babe her only comforter.

1819 P. B. Shelley Rosalind & Helen 33 I am weak like a nursling child.

1860 O. W. Holmes Professor at Breakfast-table xi. 330 Nursling imps addict themselves..to these little excrescences.

1884 Daily News 6 Sept. 5/7 Many sailors still argue for the old system of the nurseling boat carried by the great ship.

1929 R. Bridges Test. Beauty iii. 100 All past attainment which his spirit hath won came to him thru' motherhood of the nursling boy.

1930 W. M. Mann Wild Animals in & out of Zoo v. 73 A storekeeper..had just bought from a native two tiny nursling lions.

1990 Angeles May 58/2 The nursling school was weaned on the prevalent boisterous counter-culture of the day.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nursling
释义	nurslingn.adj. Brit. /ˈnəːslɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈnərslɪŋ/ Forms: late Middle English norsselyng, 1500s nurslyng, 1500s nurslynge, 1500s nusling, 1500s–1600s nurceling, 1500s–1600s nusling, 1500s–1700s (1900s– (archaic)) noursling, 1600s nurslinge, 1600s– nurseling, 1600s– nursling, 1800s nurselynge (archaic), 1900s– nourseling (archaic). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nurse n.¹, -ling suffix². Etymology: < nurse n.¹ + -ling suffix².In form nusling perhaps influenced by nuzzle v.² (compare δ. forms at that entry). A. n. †1. Alchemy. A substance in an early stage of its preparation. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > alchemy > other alchemical substances or theories > [noun] > others nurslinga1500 red stonea1500 ruby stonea1500 white womana1500 firmament1612 nitre1682 a1500 in D. W. Singer Catal. Lat. & Vernacular Alchemical MSS (1928) I. 205 (MED) Than foluythe [perh. read soluythe] te norsselyng tyll he be vocyn yonder moche with hys oone mylk, that is to sey, mercury, ofte and ofte entyll he have dronkyn that suffysythe inowe. 2. a. A person bred in or fostered by a particular place, conditions, etc. ΘΚΠ society > education > upbringing > [noun] > one brought up nursling1557 1557 T. More Wks. 1456/2 I haue been now almost this fourtie yeares, not a geaste, but a continuall nurslynge [L. alu[m]num] in maister Bonuice house. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. vii. vii. 159 Thou that standest so much upon fortunes favors.., taking thy selfe not to be a foster child and nourceling of hers, but her naturall sonne. 1664 H. More Apol. in Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 542 A limited indulgence..to their weak but sincere Nurselings [in religion]. 1696 T. D'Urfey Don Quixote i. i. 4 I have, thou Frog of Aganippe, thou Nursling of Parnassus, perpetual Delight of the Salamanca Schools, I have; and am well known too in his Worth and Virtues. 1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence ii. xxi Where Isis many a famous noursling breeds. 1785 T. Dwight Conquest of Canäan v. 113 So man, poor worm! the nursling of a day! Springs from the dust, and dwells in humble clay. 1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. (Bohn) i. 6 These nurslings of improved pedagogy are taught to dispute and decide. 1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) I. 515 Charles V was the child and nursling of that Burgundian court. 1872 A. T. de Vere Legends St. Patrick in Wks. (1884) II. 108 Men of might, Fierce men, the battle's nurslings. 1934 Internat. Affairs 13 16 The King of Siam was a nursling of Eton while his rival was a product of Harrow. 1949 G. E. Brewer in Proc. Inter-Amer. Conf. Conservation Renewable Nat. Resources 1948 v. 640/1 The earth is the mother of all of us and we are her nurslings. 1994 30 Days in Church & in World No. 10. 63/3 According to Origen the simple faithful are nurslings tied to an elementary knowledge. b. A baby or young child, esp. in relation to its nurse; spec. an infant that is being breastfed. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > baby or infant > [noun] > suckling suckingc975 suckerc1384 suckerelc1440 sucklingc1440 pap-hawk?a1475 milksopa1500 nursling1605 teatling1631 nursery1642 1605 W. Camden Remaines 119 These Nicke-names..may also seeme to proceed from Nurses, to their Nurslings. a1649 W. Drummond Irene in Wks. (1711) 164 These few Miles of Ground, which bred and intertain'd thy Nuslings young. 1693 J. Dryden tr. Persius Satires ii. 24 A Body made of Brass the Crone demands For her lov'd Nurseling. 1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 771 Now, blame we most the nurslings or the nurse? 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles i. vii. 13 She..knew her nurseling's heart In the vain pomp took little part. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. iv. i. 388 She saw now..her little nurseling grown to be a brilliant man and King. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 872 Mothers and wet-nurses suffering from the disease..infecting their nurslings. 1907 in C. von Noorden et al. Metabolism & Pract. Med. III. vii. 856 Shaw and Gilday..find that 4 percent. in nurslings, and 5 per cent. in bottle-fed infants, of the fat ingested appears in the fæces. 1990 Independent on Sunday 28 Jan. 3/1 Alexandra Griffiths, a nursling in good health and of comely appearance, was presented to agitated newspaper and television employees. 3. figurative and in extended use. Used of animals or things. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > production > product blossomc1230 fodmea1325 burgeona1340 progenya1393 geniture?1440 fruitc1450 productionc1450 offspring1573 product1573 nursling1591 bantling1593 excrement1600 procedue1602 issuea1616 procedure1626 creature1651 produce1657 parturition1659 outbirth1663 sequel1669 brat1678 operation1774 outgoing1850 fruitling1876 1591 E. Spenser Virgil's Gnat in Complaints sig. I2 A litle noursling of the humid ayre, A Gnat. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 445 Each Hyue supplying new-come Colonies (Heau'ns tender Nurcelings) to those fragrant Mountaines. 1656 N. Culpeper Eng. Physitian Enlarged 116 The last [sc. garden Gromel] is a Nursling in the Gardens of the curious. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 86 Upward while they shoot in open Air, Indulge their Child-hood, and the Nurseling spare. View more context for this quotation 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 74. ⁋12 Peevishness..is much oftener..the child of vanity, and nursling of ignorance. 1835 I. Taylor Spiritual Despotism iv. 174 The inevitable product of evil times—the child of oppression, and the nurseling of persecution. 1874 ‘G. Eliot’ College Breakfast Party in Macmillan's Mag. July 162 The daily nurslings of creative light. 1900 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 11 62 The doctrine of an ideal end to be realized by the collective efforts of the human race was a nursling of Hebrew prophecy and Christian prayer. 1962 Econ. Jrnl. 72 411 The growth of I.C.F.C. has been stunted by..fears lest it should compete with the issuing houses if it were to rear up its nurslings to reasonable size before floating them off on the market. 1981 Science 19 June 1400/3 In all but a few macropods.., if nurslings are taken from the mother after birth, estrous cycles continue unaltered. B. adj. (attributive and appositive). That is a nursling. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > baby or infant > [adjective] > relating to or characteristic of babish1532 infantc1595 infantical1601 infantine1603 infantlya1640 infantile1696 nursling1793 1793 W. Wordsworth Descr. Sketches 176 A nursling babe her only comforter. 1819 P. B. Shelley Rosalind & Helen 33 I am weak like a nursling child. 1860 O. W. Holmes Professor at Breakfast-table xi. 330 Nursling imps addict themselves..to these little excrescences. 1884 Daily News 6 Sept. 5/7 Many sailors still argue for the old system of the nurseling boat carried by the great ship. 1929 R. Bridges Test. Beauty iii. 100 All past attainment which his spirit hath won came to him thru' motherhood of the nursling boy. 1930 W. M. Mann Wild Animals in & out of Zoo v. 73 A storekeeper..had just bought from a native two tiny nursling lions. 1990 Angeles May 58/2 The nursling school was weaned on the prevalent boisterous counter-culture of the day. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.a1500
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