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† ˈpernel variant of parnel, wanton young woman; applied in ridicule to an effeminate man.
1533More Apol. xxvii. Wks. 893/2 Tindall..is as lothe, good tender pernell, to take a lyttle penaunce of the prieste, as the Ladye was to come anye more to dyspelyng. 1560Pilkington Expos. Aggeus H ij, These tender pernels must have one gowne for the daye, another for the night. 1581Nowell & Day in Confer. i. (1584) C j b, Master Campion being the Popes tender Pernell, accounteth a little racking of him selfe, to be..crueltie. |