Whippersnapper (noun)
wip-u-snap-u
A young and inexperienced person considered to be presumptuous or overconfident.
Late 17th century: perhaps representing whipsnapper, expressing noise and unimportance.
Example sentences
“Those young whippersnappers are causing nothing but trouble in the town square.”
Favonian (adj) fav-oh-nee-un Of or relating to the west wind./ Mild or favorable; propitious. 1650–60; Latin Favōniānus. See Favonius, -an. foehn (more…)
