midgeling
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]midgeling (plural midgelings)
- A small or immature midge.
- 1864, The Athenaeum, page 456:
- Himself unseen, he sweeps I thought myself a midgeling tiny,
With little winglets thin and shiny, […]
- (by extension, figurative, derogatory) Anything small or insignificant.
- 2009, Philip Caveney, Sebastian Darke: Prince of Pirates, page 352:
- "For a moment there, midgeling, I thought you were going to follow her down into those hellish depths." Cornelius got to his feet, drawing his sword as he did so. His companions followed his example. "I'm no midgeling, Captain Trencherman. I'm a Golmiran. And you'd best stay where you are, or you shall have my sword to answer to.