gosling
Two geese with four goslings.
Meaning
Noun
- A young goose.
- A inexperienced and immature, or foolish and naive, young person.
- A catkin on willows, nut trees, and pines.
Origin
- From Late Middle English gosling, goselyng, alteration (due to Middle English goos, gose) of earlier gesling, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse gæsling, géslingr, from gás + -lingr, equivalent to goose + -ling. Cognate with Danish gæsling, Swedish gässling. Compare also Low German gossel, gössel, German Gänslein.
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