Word of the
Day for Tuesday 27th May 2014
Wildling \ WAHYLD-ling \,
noun;
1. A wild plant, flower, or animal.
Quotes:
It is well to remember that when a fruit tree has its vital power weakened
and the necessities of culture results in this, the tree is much more liable
to disease, than when it is as healthy as a wildling in a place where the art
of the fruit grower has never been called into play.
-- Edited by Thomas Meehan, The Gardener's Monthly and Horticulturist,
1879
This little wildling that looked like a hill pony made the fastest horse Albrin
had bred seem a plodding workhorse in comparison.
-- Patricia Briggs, The Hob's Bargain , 2001
Origin:
Wildling joins the word wild, "living in a state of nature," with ling , an
Old English suffix meaning "a person or thing concerned with." It entered
English in the mid-1800’s.
Thanks
to: www.dictionary.com
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