Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That which has lasted for a month, or is a month old.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare That which is a month old, or which lives for a month.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A child, or young animal, that is one
month old.
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Examples
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Better surroundings and care for babies, better education, do not mean, as some mothers may imagine, that the tiny monthling is to be taught to read, or even that it is to be exposed to cabalistical arrangements of color and form and sound which shall mysteriously force the young intelligence to flower.
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