Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

authorling

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: au-thor-ling
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A young or insignificant author.

Example Sentences

"It is true that authorlings and poetizers are apt to affect eccentricity. Real authors, and even real poets, (by real we mean good ones,) have generally a large portion of common sense to balance their genius […]"

Etymology

From author + -ling.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: author

Inflected Forms

authorlings (plural)

Questions

What does authorling mean?: A young or insignificant author.
Where does authorling come from?: From author + -ling.

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