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ˈniceling Now rare. [f. nice a. + -ling1.] †1. An effeminate, tender, or delicate person.
1549Coverdale, etc. Erasm. Par. Jas. i. 26 b, That..we maye nether become tendre nycelynges through vayne pleasures, ne moued with terrible turmoylinges. 1583Golding Calvin on Deut. xl. 238 There are a sorte of these nyce⁓lings which take greefe at it. 2. arch. A nice thing.
1884Black Jud. Shakes. ii, I was showing you what nicelings and delicates my father was bringing. |