Stripling
noun
A young boy or teenager, or a young man who is not fully grown or developed.
He was a mere stripling when he first set out to find his own way in the world.
Usage tips
Literary
noun
A young boy or teenager, or a young man who is not fully grown or developed.
He was a mere stripling when he first set out to find his own way in the world.
Usage tips
Literary
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Literary Usage
Used mainly in books or stories, not in everyday conversation.
The novel described the hero as a stripling with unruly hair.
Pro Tip 2/3Evokes Innocence
Implies youthfulness and a lack of experience or worldly wisdom.
The stripling knight faced the dragon, naive and untested.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Insulting
Refers to age or development without negative connotations.
Though but a stripling, he showed great promise in academics.
Pro Tip 1/3Literary Usage
Used mainly in books or stories, not in everyday conversation.
The novel described the hero as a stripling with unruly hair.
Pro Tip 2/3Evokes Innocence
Implies youthfulness and a lack of experience or worldly wisdom.
The stripling knight faced the dragon, naive and untested.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Insulting
Refers to age or development without negative connotations.
Though but a stripling, he showed great promise in academics.
Pro Tip 1/3Literary Usage
Used mainly in books or stories, not in everyday conversation.
The novel described the hero as a stripling with unruly hair.
Pro Tip 2/3Evokes Innocence
Implies youthfulness and a lack of experience or worldly wisdom.
The stripling knight faced the dragon, naive and untested.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Insulting
Refers to age or development without negative connotations.
Though but a stripling, he showed great promise in academics.
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Parkinson's disease gradually destroy this extraordinary ability as of his doing to my friend yam stripling who was a virtuoso ballet dancer in his time so great progress and treatment has been made over the years however there are 6.3 million people worldwide who have
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A test for Parkinson's...
Parkinson's disease gradually destroy this extraordinary ability as of his doing to my friend yam stripling who was a virtuoso ballet dancer in his time so great progress and treatment has been made over the years however there are 6.3 million people worldwide who have
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Charles Studd
British Athlete
David - the man after God's own heart - was a man of war and a mighty man of valour. When all Israel were on the run, David faced Goliath - alone... with God - and he but a stripling, and well scolded, too, by his brother for having come to see the battle.
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Apollonius of Tyana
Greek Philosopher
I asked questions when I was a stripling, and it is not my business to ask questions now, but to teach people what I have discovered.
Quote examples
Charles Studd
British Athlete
David - the man after God's own heart - was a man of war and a mighty man of valour. When all Israel were on the run, David faced Goliath - alone... with God - and he but a stripling, and well scolded, too, by his brother for having come to see the battle.
Quote examples
Apollonius of Tyana
Greek Philosopher
I asked questions when I was a stripling, and it is not my business to ask questions now, but to teach people what I have discovered.
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