† ferbletadj.
Obsolete.
? Effeminate.
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womanly?c1225
ferbleta1300
effeminatea1393
nicea1393
softc1450
manlessa1529
unmanly1534
cockney1573
effeminated1580
unmanlikea1586
milky1602
enervate1603
womanizing1615
emasculate1622
womanized1624
softly1643
womanlish1647
unmasculine1649
emollid1656
ladylike1656
enervated1660
emasculated1701
petticoated1708
tea-faced1728
effeminized1789
invirile1870
epicene1881
sissyish1889
sissified1898
devirilized1901
cockless1902
camp1909
pansy1929
campy1932
queenly1933
poncy1937
pansyish1941
swishy1941
moffie1954
poofy1956
femme1963
poofed-up1964
minty1965
ponced-up1970
lavender1979
a1300 Fragm. Pop. Sc. (Wright) 275 A slouȝ wrecche and ferblet, fast and loth to ȝeve his god.
a1300 Fragm. Pop. Sc. (Wright) 280 Debonere ferblet, and lute luste to swynke.
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adj.a1300- to kick someone out on her ass
- to kick someone out on his ass
- to kick someone upstairs
- to kick something under the rug
- to kick the bucket
- to kick the can down the road
- to kick the can down the street
- to kick the hindsight out or off
- to kick the tyres
- to kick the wind or clouds
- to kick under the rug
- to kick up
- to kick up a person's heels
- to kick up a row
- to kick up a shindy
- to kick up merry hell
- to kick up one's heels
- to kick up the heel
- to kick up, make, raise a stour
- to lift a cry, one's voice
- to lift a finger
- to lift a finger against
- to lift a finger against a person
- to lift a finger against a thing
- to lift a finger to