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单词 softie
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softien.

Brit. /ˈsɒfti/, U.S. /ˈsɔfti/, /ˈsɑfti/
Forms: 1800s– softie, 1800s– softy; English regional 1800s saafty (Worcestershire), 1800s zafty (Berkshire), 1900s softey (Yorkshire); Scottish 1800s sauftie, 1800s– saftie, 1800s– safty.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: soft adj., -y suffix6.
Etymology: < soft adj. + -y suffix6.
colloquial.
1. depreciative.
a. A person considered to lack intelligence or common sense, or to be easily imposed on or deceived; a foolish, silly, or simple person. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > [noun] > simpleton
innocentc1386
greenhead1576
gonyc1580
ninnyhammer1592
chicken1600
loach1605
simplician1605
hichcock1607
smelt1607
foppasty1611
dovea1616
goslinga1616
funge1621
simplicity1633
gewgaw1634
squab1640
simpletonian1652
ninny-whoop1653
softhead1654
foppotee1663
greenhorn1672
sumph1682
sawney1699
sillyton1708
gaby?1746
gobbin?1746
green goose1768
nin-a-kin1787
Jacob1811
green1824
sillikin1832
greeny1834
softhorn1836
sucker1838
softie1850
dope1851
soft1854
verigreen1854
peanut1864
daftie1872
josser1886
naïf1891
yapc1894
barm-stick1924
knobhead1931
sook1933
nig-nog1953
sawn1953
pronk1959
stiffy1965
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > [noun] > gullible person, dupe
foola1382
woodcockc1430
geckc1530
cousinc1555
cokes1567
milch cow1582
gudgeon1584
coney1591
martin1591
gull1594
plover1599
rook1600
gull-finch1604
cheatee1615
goata1616
whirligig1624
chouse1649
coll1657
cully1664
bubble1668
lamb1668
Simple Simon?1673
mouth1680
dupe1681
cull1698
bub1699
game1699
muggins1705
colour1707
milk cow1727
flat1762
gulpin1802
slob1810
gaggee1819
sucker1838
hoaxee1840
softie1850
foozle1860
lemon1863
juggins1882
yob1886
patsy1889
yapc1894
fall guy1895
fruit1895
meemaw1895
easy mark1896
lobster1896
mark1896
wise guy1896
come-on1897
pushover1907
John1908
schnookle1908
Gretchen1913
jug1914
schnook1920
soft touch1924
prospect1931
steamer1932
punter1934
dill1941
Joe Soap1943
possum1945
Moreton Bay1953
easy touch1959
1850 ‘N. Buntline’ G'hals of N.Y. 18 I ain't one o' them softies—no how!
1863 E. C. Gaskell Sylvia's Lovers II. i. 21 She were but a softy after all, for she left off doing her work in a proper manner.
1897 ‘P. Warung’ Tales Old Regime 170 He was a softy then,..and being afraid of the rest of us, we put upon him.
1955 J. Beith Corbies 14 Charlie smiled vaguely at them over the counter..for Charlie was a ‘saftie’.
1961 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 1259/2 Sawn, a softy, a ‘dope’: low Australian.
b. A person considered cowardly or weak; a weakling; a sissy.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > person > man > [noun] > effeminate man
badlingeOE
milksopc1390
cockneyc1405
malkina1425
molla1425
weakling1526
tenderling1541
softling1543
niceling1549
woman-man1567
cocknel1570
effeminate1583
androgyne1587
meacock1590
mammaday1593
hermaphrodite1594
midwife1596
nimfadoro1600
night-sneaker1611
mock-mana1625
nan1670
she-man1675
petit maître1711
old woman1717
master-miss1754
Miss Molly1754
molly1785
squaw1805
mollycoddle1823
Miss Nancy1824
mollycot1826
molly mop1829
poof1833
Margery?c1855
ladyboy1857
girl1862
Mary Ann1868
sissy1879
milk1881
pretty-boy1881
nancy1888
poofter1889
Nancy Dawson1890
softie1895
puff1902
pussy1904
Lizzie1905
nance1910
quean1910
maricon1921
pie-face1922
bitch1923
Jessie1923
lily1923
tapette1923
pansy1926
nancy boy1927
nelly1931
femme1932
ponce1932
queerie1933
palone1934
queenie1935
girlie-man1940
swish1941
puss1942
wonk1945
mother1947
candy-ass1953
twink1953
cream puff1958
pronk1959
swishy1959
limp wrist1960
pansy-ass1963
weeny1963
poofteroo1966
mo1968
shim1973
twinkie1977
woofter1977
cake boy1992
hermaphrodite-
the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > quality of unmanliness > one who is unmanly
milksopc1390
meacock1526
sissy1879
softie1895
Jessie1923
pantywaist1935
candy-ass1953
1895 Cent. Mag. Oct. 943/2 If the well-initiated inmates discover that he is unwilling to enter into all their schemes and customs, they call him a ‘sucker’ or ‘softy’, and shun his company.
1912 M. Beerbohm Christmas Garland 16 There was nothing of the softy about Smithers.
1926 ‘R. Crompton’ William—the Conqueror i. 16 ‘Yah—boo, softie!’ he called over the wall.
1979 Beano 2 June 20/3 (caption) Who did that? No-one to be seen except those softies playing soppy games.
2000 Cornish World Oct. 3/2 He's a former rugby player and no softie.
2. A kind, soft-hearted person.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > sensitiveness or tenderness > [noun] > sensitive person > very tender-hearted person
softie1877
1877 Tinsley's Mag. June 640/2 She was pretending to cry..but I am not a softy.
1886 19th Cent. Jan. 80 The sentimental softy..who loses his heart at seventeen, is a father at eighteen, and at nineteen is the husband of a dirty trollop.
1914 Maclean's July 88/3 ‘It's cruel,’ said Steve... ‘You're a softy!’ he said.
1964 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 16 Jan. (1970) 51 A trip that I fear will not meet with the approval of all the members of our family, but which I—maybe I am a softie—very much want her to have.
1999 M. Winfield Smiling Water iii. 18 He had the reputation of being a strict village schoolmaster, but he was a real softie at times.
2003 D. Docherty Fifth Season 209 You're an old softie, really, aren't you?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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