[f. FRUIT sb. + -LING.] A small fruit; in material and immaterial sense.
1876. J. Ellis, Cæsar in Egypt, Alpha—Omega, 246–7.
| Oh, for learning! he ponders, full-puffed with the pride of the pedant; | |
| To-day’s blush but faintly atoning for yesterday’s rashness,— | |
| Time lost! in acquiring some fruitlings of error. |
1891. Chamb. Jrnl., Feb., 107/2. A mango tree with two small green fruitlings on it.
