softlingn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈsɒftlɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈsɔf(t)lɪŋ/,

/ˈsɑf(t)lɪŋ/

Forms: see soft adj. and -ling suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: soft adj., -ling suffix¹.

Etymology: < soft adj. + -ling suffix¹.

A. n.

1. depreciative. An effeminate or unmanly male; a weakling.

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-

1543 G. Joye Unite & Scisme Olde Chirche f. xliii Some cold softlings and menpleasars..interprete thy zelous constant feruency to be folissh rasshnes.

1547 Certain Serm. or Homilies sig. Riv^v Nor adulterers, nor softelinges [1559 saftlynges], nor Sodomites.

1576 J. Woolton Christian Man. sig. L.vi^v Effeminate men and softlings, cause the stoute man to waxe tender.

1634 J. Bidle tr. Juvenal Satyrs ii, in tr. Virgil Bucolicks sig. D5 Thee, by degrees, into their filthy crew The throng of Dapper softlings will admit.

1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 168 Our antient sturdy barons..whose race is now so thoroughly refin'd and fritter'd away into the more delicate modern-built frame of our pap-nerv'd softlings.

1852 I. Taylor Restoration of Belief (1855) i. 40 This Emperor—no softling himself.

1926 N. Amer. Rev. Mar. 184 These hard men, what softlings they often prove to be when they are great men!

2012 Observer (Nexis) 16 Dec. 31 We're well known internationally for churning out effeminate milksops. The new softling on the block is Tom Odell.

2. A soft little thing.Earliest in water-softling n. at water n. Compounds 8c.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > [noun] > that which is soft > and small

softling1656

1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked xvii. §158 There are also Sea-spiders, having neither bloud, nor fat, nor prickles, (they call them Water-softlings [L. mollia aquatilia]).

1818 J. Keats Endymion iv. 175 This cannot be thy hand, and yet it is; And this is sure thine other softling.

1855 R. Browning Fra Lippo Lippi in Men & Women I. 35 And nip each softling of a wee white mouse.

1977 A. Connors Amateur People 137 In my light-dance I spin him into a lumpen softling of feathers and winking wisdom.

B. adj. (attributive).

Soft (in various senses).

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > [adjective] > characterized by softness or softening

softya1668

softling1732

softened1820

1732 L. Welsted Of Dulness & Scandal 6 A softling Head! that spleeny Whims devour.

1782 J. Elphinston tr. Martial Epigrams x. lxxvii. 402 Pinch thee, he may; while pent within his walls: But, once dislodg'd, a softling [L. mollis] urchin sprawls.

1874 D. Gray Poet. Wks. 137 With her softling finger tips She touched my hand.

1942 Mansfield (Ohio) News-Jrnl. 1 Dec. 14 The boys want to lay off Hitler..and take a shot at the softling folks at home.

1993 B. W. Aldiss in M. Bradbury & A. Motion New Writing 2 161 And in that calm, a clatter carrying across the bay speaks of an anchor plunging through the spray to wound our softling sand.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	softling
释义	softlingn.adj. Brit. /ˈsɒftlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsɔf(t)lɪŋ/, /ˈsɑf(t)lɪŋ/ Forms: see soft adj. and -ling suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: soft adj., -ling suffix¹. Etymology: < soft adj. + -ling suffix¹. A. n. 1. depreciative. An effeminate or unmanly male; a weakling. 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- 1543 G. Joye Unite & Scisme Olde Chirche f. xliii Some cold softlings and menpleasars..interprete thy zelous constant feruency to be folissh rasshnes. 1547 Certain Serm. or Homilies sig. Riv^v Nor adulterers, nor softelinges [1559 saftlynges], nor Sodomites. 1576 J. Woolton Christian Man. sig. L.vi^v Effeminate men and softlings, cause the stoute man to waxe tender. 1634 J. Bidle tr. Juvenal Satyrs ii, in tr. Virgil Bucolicks sig. D5 Thee, by degrees, into their filthy crew The throng of Dapper softlings will admit. 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 168 Our antient sturdy barons..whose race is now so thoroughly refin'd and fritter'd away into the more delicate modern-built frame of our pap-nerv'd softlings. 1852 I. Taylor Restoration of Belief (1855) i. 40 This Emperor—no softling himself. 1926 N. Amer. Rev. Mar. 184 These hard men, what softlings they often prove to be when they are great men! 2012 Observer (Nexis) 16 Dec. 31 We're well known internationally for churning out effeminate milksops. The new softling on the block is Tom Odell. 2. A soft little thing.Earliest in water-softling n. at water n. Compounds 8c. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > [noun] > that which is soft > and small softling1656 1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked xvii. §158 There are also Sea-spiders, having neither bloud, nor fat, nor prickles, (they call them Water-softlings [L. mollia aquatilia]). 1818 J. Keats Endymion iv. 175 This cannot be thy hand, and yet it is; And this is sure thine other softling. 1855 R. Browning Fra Lippo Lippi in Men & Women I. 35 And nip each softling of a wee white mouse. 1977 A. Connors Amateur People 137 In my light-dance I spin him into a lumpen softling of feathers and winking wisdom. B. adj. (attributive). Soft (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > [adjective] > characterized by softness or softening softya1668 softling1732 softened1820 1732 L. Welsted Of Dulness & Scandal 6 A softling Head! that spleeny Whims devour. 1782 J. Elphinston tr. Martial Epigrams x. lxxvii. 402 Pinch thee, he may; while pent within his walls: But, once dislodg'd, a softling [L. mollis] urchin sprawls. 1874 D. Gray Poet. Wks. 137 With her softling finger tips She touched my hand. 1942 Mansfield (Ohio) News-Jrnl. 1 Dec. 14 The boys want to lay off Hitler..and take a shot at the softling folks at home. 1993 B. W. Aldiss in M. Bradbury & A. Motion New Writing 2 161 And in that calm, a clatter carrying across the bay speaks of an anchor plunging through the spray to wound our softling sand. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1543
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