winterlingn.

Brit.

/ˈwɪntəlɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈwɪn(t)ərlɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: winter n.¹, -ling suffix¹.

Etymology: < winter n.¹ + -ling suffix¹. Compare Old Danish, Danish vinterling yearling (of an animal).Perhaps compare the following earlier instance of the form wynterlynge in an unidentified sense, perhaps denoting a kind of fruit or seed:1510 J. Stanbridge Vocabula (new ed.) sig. D.ij Nauum, a wynderlynge [1525 wynterlynge].

Now rare.

†1. Apparently: a person of little account, significance, or experience. Obsolete. rare.Perhaps a figurative use of sense 2, and thus implying earlier currency.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant

unknownc1390

pawnc1450

semi-cipher?1550

bauble1570

Jack with the feather1581

nobody1583

winterling1585

squash1600

rush candle1628

niflec1635

nullity1657

nonentity1710

featherweight1812

underscrub1822

nyaff1825

small fish1836

no-account1840

little fish1846

peanut1864

commonplacer1874

sparrow-fart1886

Little Willie1901

pipsqueak1905

nebbish1907

pie-biter1911

blob1916

smallie1930

no-count1932

zilch1933

Mickey Mouse1935

muzhik1945

nerd1951

nothingburger1953

nerk1955

non-person1959

no-mark1982

1585 tr. Declar. Articles King & House of Guyze in tr. Declar. & Protestation King of Nauarre 78 Notwithstanding some of them bee honored with the chiefe places and principall charges of this Realme, who are thereto mere winterlings.

2. An animal (esp. a lamb, calf, or foal) that is one year old; = yearling n. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

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

yearinga1464

yearling1465

twelvemonthing1551

year-old1583

winterling1782

wintering1825

1782 J. Badenach Diary in Rev. Sc. Culture (1995) 9 86/2 4 Cattle winterlings [and] two ferry cows from 2 to 3/ per Stone [were bought].

1802 Farmer's Mag. Feb. 12 A score of winterlings or young cattle, pigs, sheep, &c.

1881 G. W. Cox Compar. Mythol. 156 A Chimaira is thus, strictly, a winterling, that is, a yearling.

1910 G. O. Holbrooke Âryan Word-building 209 [Old Norse] vedhr (Goth. vithrus) a winterling ram.

1929 Encycl. Brit. XII. 263/1 A word..much used by Cumberland shepherds, gimmer, a winterling or sheep one year old.

2006 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 27 Feb. 26 A winterling is, he explains, the name of any one-year-old animal.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	winterling
释义	winterlingn. Brit. /ˈwɪntəlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwɪn(t)ərlɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: winter n.¹, -ling suffix¹. Etymology: < winter n.¹ + -ling suffix¹. Compare Old Danish, Danish vinterling yearling (of an animal).Perhaps compare the following earlier instance of the form wynterlynge in an unidentified sense, perhaps denoting a kind of fruit or seed:1510 J. Stanbridge Vocabula (new ed.) sig. D.ij Nauum, a wynderlynge [1525 wynterlynge]. Now rare. †1. Apparently: a person of little account, significance, or experience. Obsolete. rare.Perhaps a figurative use of sense 2, and thus implying earlier currency. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant unknownc1390 pawnc1450 semi-cipher?1550 bauble1570 Jack with the feather1581 nobody1583 winterling1585 squash1600 rush candle1628 niflec1635 nullity1657 nonentity1710 featherweight1812 underscrub1822 nyaff1825 small fish1836 no-account1840 little fish1846 peanut1864 commonplacer1874 sparrow-fart1886 Little Willie1901 pipsqueak1905 nebbish1907 pie-biter1911 blob1916 smallie1930 no-count1932 zilch1933 Mickey Mouse1935 muzhik1945 nerd1951 nothingburger1953 nerk1955 non-person1959 no-mark1982 1585 tr. Declar. Articles King & House of Guyze in tr. Declar. & Protestation King of Nauarre 78 Notwithstanding some of them bee honored with the chiefe places and principall charges of this Realme, who are thereto mere winterlings. 2. An animal (esp. a lamb, calf, or foal) that is one year old; = yearling n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > family unit > [noun] > young animal > yearling yearinga1464 yearling1465 twelvemonthing1551 year-old1583 winterling1782 wintering1825 1782 J. Badenach Diary in Rev. Sc. Culture (1995) 9 86/2 4 Cattle winterlings [and] two ferry cows from 2 to 3/ per Stone [were bought]. 1802 Farmer's Mag. Feb. 12 A score of winterlings or young cattle, pigs, sheep, &c. 1881 G. W. Cox Compar. Mythol. 156 A Chimaira is thus, strictly, a winterling, that is, a yearling. 1910 G. O. Holbrooke Âryan Word-building 209 [Old Norse] vedhr (Goth. vithrus) a winterling ram. 1929 Encycl. Brit. XII. 263/1 A word..much used by Cumberland shepherds, gimmer, a winterling or sheep one year old. 2006 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 27 Feb. 26 A winterling is, he explains, the name of any one-year-old animal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1585
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