Today's Word "starveling"
Published in Vocabulary
starveling \STARV-ling\ (noun) - 1 : One who is thin from lack of food, or who is starving or being starved.
(adjective) - 1 : Being a starveling. 2 : Poor in quality; inadequate.
"Even a starveling like Lieutenant Thomas could look musclebound if he had enough equipment strapped to his webgear."
Starveling is from starve (from Old English steorfan, "to die") + the suffix -ling (from Old English).
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