† yearnlingn.
Obsolete.
A young child over which one yearns.Apparently an isolated use.
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the world > people > person > baby or infant > [noun]
childOE
baban?c1225
fauntekin1377
infant1382
babea1393
fauntelet1393
babyc1400
lakinc1440
mop1440
chrisomer1574
tenderling1587
chrisom1596
childling1648
flosculet1648
bratling1652
lullaby-cheat1665
strangera1674
child (also infant, baby) in armsa1675
hoppet1695
tot1725
bambino1761
weanie1786
tiny1797
dot1800
trudgeon1814
toddle1825
toddles1828
yearnling1829
dab1833
toddler1837
baba1841
arrival1846
teeny-tiny1849
toddlekins1852
mite1853
trot1854
babelet1856
nestler1866
spoon-child1868
bubby1885
chavvy1886
bub1889
kiddy1889
toddleskin1890
newborn1893
kidlet1899
kidling1899
bubba1906
bundle of joy1924
liddly1929
mammet1932
snork1941
kiddywink1957
sproglet1987
the mind > emotion > love > loved one > [noun] > beloved child > young child over which one yearns
yearnling1829
1829 C. Lamb Lett. (1935) III. 207 She wisited [sic.]..a poor man's cottage that had a pretty baby (O the yearnling!).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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