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suck·ling
/
ˈsʌk
lɪŋ
/
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[
suhk
-ling
]
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noun
an infant or a young animal that is not yet weaned.
Origin:
1400–50;
late Middle English;
see
suck
,
-ling
1
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Suck·ling
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ˈsʌk
lɪŋ
/
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[
suhk
-ling
]
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noun
Sir John,
1609–42,
English poet.
suck·le
/
ˈsʌk
əl
/
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[
suhk
-
uh
l
]
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verb,
suck·led,
suck·ling.
verb (used with object)
1.
to nurse at the breast or udder.
2.
to nourish or bring up.
3.
to put to suck.
verb (used without object)
4.
to suck at the breast or udder.
Origin:
1375–1425;
late Middle English
sucklen;
see
suck
,
-le
Related forms
un·suck·led,
adjective
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suckling
(ˈsʌklɪŋ)
—
n
1.
an infant or young animal that is still taking milk from the mother
2.
a very young child
[C15: see
suck
,
-ling
1
; related to Middle Dutch
sūgeling,
Middle High German
sōgelinc
]
Suckling
(ˈsʌklɪŋ)
—
n
Sir
John.
1609--42, English Cavalier poet and dramatist
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
suckling
c.1440, "an infant at the breast," from
suck
+ dim. suffix -ling. Cf. M.Du. sogeling, Du. zuigeling, Ger. Säugling. Meaning "act of breast-feeding" is attested from 1799.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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