lifeling
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]lifeling (plural lifelings)
- (rare) Little life
- c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
- Orsino: My gentleman Cesario?
Sir Andrew: 'Od's lifelings, here he is!
References
[edit]- “lifeling”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “lifeling”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.