newling

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newling

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From new + -ling. Cognate with Dutch nieuweling (“a novice, beginner”), German Neuling (“a novice”).

noun newlings

One who is new (to something); a newcomer; a novice; a newbie. "[…] Seest thou not by the stripling's face that he be a newling (newcomer) in the town."
Similar: come-here, comeling, offcomer, neophyte, noob, inceptor

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@misc{newling_2026,
  title = {newling},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/newling},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}