manlingとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈmænlɪŋ/
• 韻: -ænlɪŋ

名詞

manling (plural manlings)

1. A little man; a man of short stature.

   Synonym: mankin

   • 1641, Ben Jonson, Timber, or Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter‎:

     Again, a man so gracious and in high favour with the Emperor, as Augustus often called him his witty manling (for the littleness of his stature), and, if we may trust antiquity, had designed him for a secretary of estate, and invited him to the palace, which he modestly prayed off and refused.

2. (literary) A young man; a boy.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:boy

   • 1894 May, Rudyard Kipling, “Kaa’s Hunting”, in The Jungle Book, London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., published June 1894, →OCLC, page 59:

     'Hah!' said Kaa with a chuckle, 'he has friends everywhere, this manling. Stand back, manling; and hide you, O Poison-People. I break down the wall.'

   • 1965, Frank Herbert, Dune, New York: Ace Books, →OCLC:

     "Before I do your bidding, manling," Mapes said, "I must cleanse the way between us. […]

   • 2010 July 12, Elizabeth Ito & Adam Muto, “Dungeon” (3:01 from the start), in Adventure Time‎, season 1, episode 18, spoken by Demon Cat (Clancy Brown):

     “You're trespassing on my dungeon, manling. And I am the thing... you should be afraid of.”

参考

• manlet