Stripling

Quick meaning: Stripling is a noun meaning (horticulture) A seedling with most of the leaves stripped off.

Meaning

(horticulture) A seedling with most of the leaves stripped off.

More Meanings

1. (dated, also attributive, sometimes humorous) A young man in the state of adolescence, or just passing from boyhood to manhood; a lad. .

Example Sentences

Count Edmund—but he was indeed a stripling, A very lad

And the king ſaid, Enquire thou whoſe ſonne the ſtripling is.

And now, I suppose, my Striplings are formally clad, and togated, newly arrived at the Vniversities

Altman in particular passed what would become known at YC as the young founders’ test: Can this stripling manage adults?

Word Forms

• striplings

Synonyms for stripling

Depending on context, synonyms include sapling, shaveling, springald, bhoy, boykin, boyo.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include teenager, adolescent, lad, sapling, sprig, younglet.

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