softling

English

Etymology

soft + -ling

Noun

softling (plural softlings)

  1. (archaic) A soft, effeminate person; a voluptuary.
    • 1576, John Woolton, The Christian Manuell
      Effeminate men and softlings cause the stout man to wax tender.

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