Word of the Day for Monday April 10, 2006 stripling \STRIP-ling\, noun: A youth in the state of adolescence, or just passing from boyhood to manhood; a lad. But at that time he was too young to drive a car, and I wasn't, so I took it upon myself to tell the stripling a thing or two. -- Geoffrey Wolff, "Advice My Brother Never Took", [1]New York Times, August 20, 1989 It is even possible that some... who might be thought to have a chance of election as Pope because of their youthful vigour -- by Vatican standards, a man of 60 is a stripling -- will see their chances come and go in turn. -- Andrew Medichini, "Cardinal secrets", [2]Times (London), January 23, 2001 There are precious few constants in the story of the yen. For a start, it is a stripling among the monies of the world, being not much more than a century old. -- Pico Iyer, "Tacos in Kyoto, Kimonos in Peru", [3]New York Times, April 28, 1991 _________________________________________________________ Stripling is a diminutive of strip, as if a small strip from the main stock or stem. References 1. http://www.nytimes.com/ 2. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/ 3. http://www.nytimes.com/ Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=9&q=stripling