giantling

English

Etymology

From giant +‎ -ling.

Noun

giantling (plural giantlings)

1. A young giant.
   • 1982, Richard Ellmann, James Joyce, page 89:

     No dramatist of European stature had emerged from the theatre. The artists were not giants but giantlings.

   • 2008, Michele Avanti, GreeHee the Journey of Five:

     My mother died giving birth to me and I often thought while a giantling that I had killed her.

   • 2011, J.A. Giunta, Only The Strong:

     The Giantling was furious, but the mercenary turned Lord was not daunted.

Anagrams

• taglining, tingaling