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softling

noun

Etymology

From soft + -ling.

  1. derived from *semptio-✻
  2. inherited from *samft(ī)✻
  3. inherited from sōfte
  4. inherited from softe
  5. suffixed as softling — “soft + ling”

Definitions

  1. A soft, effeminate person

    A soft, effeminate person; a voluptuary.

    • Effeminate men and softlings cause the stout man to wax tender.

The neighborhood

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