"authorling" meaning in All languages combined

See authorling on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: authorlings [plural]
Etymology: From author + -ling. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|author|ling|id2=diminutive}} author + -ling Head templates: {{en-noun}} authorling (plural authorlings)
  1. A young or insignificant author. Categories (topical): Occupations, Writing

Inflected forms

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        "1": "en",
        "2": "author",
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      },
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      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From author + -ling.",
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "en:Occupations",
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            "People",
            "Work",
            "Human",
            "Human activity",
            "All topics",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Writing",
          "orig": "en:Writing",
          "parents": [
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            "Language",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1839, Eliza Leslie, The Behaviour Book: a manual for ladies, page 263:",
          "text": "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 […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "A young or insignificant author."
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      "args": {
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      },
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    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {},
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          "ref": "1839, Eliza Leslie, The Behaviour Book: a manual for ladies, page 263:",
          "text": "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 […]",
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