See Also: gangling(dictionary)
gangling(dictionary)

kitling (iou) and gangling (oh)


kitling (iou)



kitling noun. Now dial. ME.
[Perh. from Old Norse ket(t)lingr (Norwegian kjetling) kitten.]
The young of any animal; a cub, a whelp. ME-E17.
A young cat, a kitten. LME.
A child, a young person, an offspring; a person thought to resemble a kitten, spec. a soft effeminate man. L15.

gangling (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: Perhaps from Scottish English gangrel 'wanderer, tall thin person' (14-20 centuries)]
unusually tall and thin, and not able to move gracefully
-synonym lanky lanky
::an awkward gangling teenager