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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD STARVELING

From starve + -ling1.
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PRONUNCIATION OF STARVELING

starveling  [ˈstɑːvlɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STARVELING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Starveling can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES STARVELING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

starveling

Robin Starveling

Robin Starveling is a character in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, one of the Rude Mechanicals who plays the part of Moonshine in their performance of Pyramus and Thisbe. His part is often considered one of the more humorous in the play, as he uses a lantern in a failed attempt to portray Moonshine and is wittily derided by his audience. His use of the lantern as a symbol for the Moon is an example of synecdoche, or the part symbolizing the whole. Scholars have argued that his amateur performance communicates many of the problems Shakespeare would have been familiar with in the theatre: heckling, lack of adequate props, and amateur acting abilities.

Definition of starveling in the English dictionary

The definition of starveling in the dictionary is a starving or poorly fed person, animal, etc. Other definition of starveling is insufficient; meagre; scant.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STARVELING


bowling
ˈbəʊlɪŋ
calling
ˈkɔːlɪŋ
ceiling
ˈsiːlɪŋ
cooling
ˈkuːlɪŋ
cycling
ˈsaɪk əlɪŋ
dealing
ˈdiːlɪŋ
falling
ˈfɔːlɪŋ
feeling
ˈfiːlɪŋ
filing
ˈfaɪlɪŋ
filling
ˈfɪlɪŋ
grovelling
ˈɡrɒvlɪŋ
handling
ˈhændlɪŋ
mailing
ˈmeɪlɪŋ
rolling
ˈrəʊlɪŋ
selling
ˈsɛlɪŋ
shaveling
ˈʃeɪvlɪŋ
sniveling
ˈsnɪvlɪŋ
sterling
ˈstɜːlɪŋ
telling
ˈtɛlɪŋ
willing
ˈwɪlɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STARVELING

starting rate
starting salary
starting stalls
startingly
startle
startle colour
startled
startlement
startler
startling
startlingly
startlish
starvation
starvation diet
starvation level
starve
starve the bardies!
starver
starving
starwort

WORDS THAT END LIKE STARVELING

changeling
chemical peeling
Darjeeling
enameling
fellow feeling
fledgeling
freewheeling
gut feeling
hard feeling
hireling
ill feeling
ill-feeling
killing
kneeling
modeling
paralleling
peeling
quarreling
remodeling
unfeeling
wheeling

Synonyms and antonyms of starveling in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «starveling» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STARVELING

Find out the translation of starveling to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of starveling from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «starveling» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

匮乏
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

starveling
570 millions of speakers

English

starveling
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दरिद्र
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المهزول
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

starveling
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

starveling
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বুভুক্ষু মানুষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

famélique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bintang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hungerleider
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

starveling
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

영양 부족
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Starveling
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đói
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

starveling
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अस्वस्थता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

açlıktan kıvranan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

starveling
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

głodomorku
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

starveling
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

înfometat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

starveling
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

honger lijder
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

starveling
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

starveling
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of starveling

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STARVELING»

The term «starveling» is normally little used and occupies the 131.472 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STARVELING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «starveling» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «starveling» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about starveling

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STARVELING»

Discover the use of starveling in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to starveling and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Midsummer Night's Dream: Critical Essays
In this respect the icon of the play's rhetorical standard is the person who says least in the play: Robin Starveling in his role as the “Man in the Moon.” Starveling's own identity is amorphous; he may be either extremely thin or overly fat.
Dorothea Kehler, 2012
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Inheritance In Silkworms
race, patterned white larva, white cocoon. Two-thirds of the young were blended zebra and patterned larvae, and one-third were patterned white larvae. In the first case the starveling male was undoubtedly a homo- zygote; in the second case ...
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Robin Starveling
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Lambert M Surhone, Mariam T Tennoe, Susan F Henssonow, 2011
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Renaissance Acting Editions: A Midsommer Nights Dreame [A ...
[Starveling cue] .................................................................................. .. thither, and backe againe. Enter Quince the Carpenter, Snug the Joyner, Bottome the Weaver , Flute the bellowes-mender, Snout the Tinker, and Starveling the Taylor.
William Shakespeare, Demitra Papadinis
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Shakespeare's Speech-headings: Speaking the Speech in ...
So, I assign the last speech simply to "Starveling" — but not as anyone this time, not "Starveling as Anyone Else". Just "Starveling". Because he's Because he's falling apart, really. Deborah: Falling apart because is it that he is speaking — not  ...
George Walton Williams, Shakespeare Association of America, 1997
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The Soul of Athens: Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
"It appears by the small light of his discretion that he is in the wane," he says, combining ridicule of both Starveling's slender body and his slender wisdom in the slender moon's small light. Showing such little light, the moon will quickly vanish.
Jan H. Blits, 2003
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The Mammoth Book of New Comic Fantasy
Starveling, I shall retire to the library and pass the evening altering my will. You might look in towards midnight with a whiskyandsoda, and see that I am . . . in good health.” “As your lordship pleases,” said Starveling. Firelight flickered in the  ...
Mike Ashley, 2013
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of Knowledge
The startling brood, Void of sufficient sustenance, will yield A slender Autumn. Philips. Poor starveling bard, how small thy gains ! How unpioportion'd to they pains ! Swift. (».) * Starveling, a s. An animal thin and weak for want of nourishment.
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1806
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The new encyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary ofarts and ...
□py; lean j pining. — The starts' ling brood, s*oid cf sufficient sustenance, will yield I Header Autumn. Philips. .Poor starveling bard, how small thy gain* ! □w mproportion'd to they pains f Swift. S)* Starveling, n.f. An animal thin and □ for w; irrf ...
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1807
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Bottom, Thou Art Translated: Political Allegory in A ...
Indeed this multiple allegory of Spenser's might give us a clue to another of the rustic actors - Robin Starveling the Tailor, who like Flute and Bottom must have been excessively thin. In fact, going back to Spenser's method, why couldn't Bottom ...
Marion Ansel Taylor, 1973

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STARVELING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term starveling is used in the context of the following news items.
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Summer theatre returns with A Midsummer Night's Dream
Bottom is joined by other mechanicals including Julian Legere as Quince, Alex Ross as Flute, Chris Fofonoff as Starveling, and Julien Amar as Snout, who are ... «New Westminster News Leader, Jul 15»
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Mischief and Mayhem reign in Theater at Monmouth's "A …
... Robin Goodfellow (Puck); Jordan Coughtry as Starveling/ Moon; Erica Murphy as Hermia; Leighton Samuels as Lysander; Michael Dix Thomas as Demetrius; ... «Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel, Jul 15»
3
Local actors gear up for midsummer fun
The other three actors from Burnaby are Rose McNeil (Titania), Chris Fofonoff (Starveling) and Nina Dosdall (Cobweb). A Midsummer Night's Dream runs from ... «Burnaby Now, Jul 15»
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THEATER: BPA's 'Midsummer Night's Dream' is another Bloedel …
JENNIFER CROOKS | BAINBRIDGE PERFORMING ARTS Snug (Linda Owens, left) and Robin Starveling (Diane Walker) enjoy the antics of Nick Bottom during ... «Kitsap Sun, Jul 15»
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
... the Tinker), Trevor Gill (Bottom, the Weaver), Maggie Gorman (Starveling, the Tailor), Jessica McGreevy (Flute, the Bellows Mender), Robert McGregor (Snug, ... «Ulster Star, Jul 15»
6
Cornish actors join RSC on stage
... Dorothy Nelson (Quince), Charlie Springthorpe-Warner (Snout), Colin Groom (Snug), Esther O'Bearagh (Starveling) with Miriam Loosemore taking on the role ... «The Cornishman, Jul 15»
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RSC Dream delight for North-East amateurs
... is: Peter Cockerill (Bottom), Andrew Stainthorpe (Flute), Harry French (Quince), Ben Pearson (Snout), Graham Fewell (Snug), Ian Kirkbride (Starveling) and Jill ... «North Yorkshire Advertiser, Jul 15»
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Bottom to the top for Barnard Castle actors
Peter Cockerill will play Bottom, Andrew Stainthorpe, Flute, the Bellows Mender, Harry French, Quince, the Carpenter, Ian Kirkbride, Starveling, the Tailor, Ben ... «Darlington and Stockton Times, Jul 15»
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RSC 'Dream' comes true for amateur actors performing A …
For the People's Theatre, Bottom will be played by Pete McAndrew, Flute by Michael 'Reg' White, Quince by Jo Kelly, Starveling by Mike Smith, Snout by Stuart ... «ChronicleLive, Jun 15»
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SC students perform 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
Bottom: Members of the “rude mechanicals” – from left, Francis Flute (Chaz Satnan), Peter Starveling (Damon Lutjen) and Nick Bottom (Alex Sanchez) – act out ... «Sedalia News-Journal, Apr 15»

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