halfling — ONAD

halfling /ˈhafliNG, ˈhæflɪŋ

▸ noun

1 (originally in stories by J. R. R. Tolkien) a member of an imaginary race of small people:

Bilbo Baggins lived until age 131, making him the second oldest halfling of all time.

2 (in fantasy fiction) a being who is the offspring of a human and a member of another race:

sometimes Ana wondered whether he might be a halfling like her, with a human father and elf mother.

3 archaic, mainly Scottish a person who is not yet fully grown:

in this service he remained until he was nineteen, still serving in the capacity of halfling, with only a halfling's fee.

– ORIGIN mid 17th century : from half + -ling.