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softy

noun

Etymology

From soft + -y.

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

Definitions

  1. A weak or sentimental person.

  2. Somebody who finds it difficult to scold or punish.

  3. A software expert who is ignorant of the workings of hardware.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A soft drink containing no alcohol.

    2. A soft toy.

    3. A flaccid state of the penis.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for softy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA