yearling

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a young child
noun a racehorse considered one year old until the second Jan. 1 following its birth
noun an animal in its second year

From Middle English yerling, yerlyng, equivalent to year + -ling. Cognate with Dutch jaarling (“yearling”), German Jährling (“yearling”).

Cub-Right is the right of the Yearling. — The Second Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling
I knows a firstrate yearling when I sees him. — Five Children and It, E. (Edith) Nesbit
Old mares frisked about like yearlings when he approached to mount them. — The best short stories of 1920, and the yearbook of the American short story, Unknown

toddler, tot, bambino

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