weaklingn.

Brit.

/ˈwiːklɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈwiklɪŋ/

Forms: Also 1500s weak(e)lyng, weikling, Scottish waykling, 1500s–1600s weakeling.

Etymology: < weak adj. + -ling suffix¹. Compare German weichling effeminate man.

†1. An effeminate or unmanly person. Obsolete.

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-

1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Cor. vi. 9 Nether fornicators,..nether whor~mongers, nether weaklinges [Gk. μαλακοί; Luther, weichlinge].

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxiii. xxviii. 840 Men were much deceived to thinke, that so horrible and straunge a murder was committed by such weaklings and persons as they were [L. qui tam atrocem caedem pertinere ad illos semiviros crederent].

2. A person or animal that lacks physical strength, or is weak in health or constitution.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > sick person > [noun] > weak person

dwininga1400

molla1425

impotenta1513

gristlea1556

weakling1576

puler1579

puling1579

shadow1588

shotten herring1598

doddle1681

sickrel1699

seven-months1724

wandought1726

wallydraigle1736

wreck1795

werewolf1808

windlestraw1818

weed1825

shammock1828

sickling1834

forcible feeble1844

dwindle1847

weedling1849

crock1876

feebling1887

asthenic1893

dodderer1907

pencil-neck1956

burnt-out case1959

weakie1959

1576 A. Fleming tr. Erasmus in Panoplie Epist. 358 Will you lay a heauie and weightie burthen, vppon the..shoulders of a young beginner, of a weakling, of an infant, which is able to make Demosthenes sincke vnder it, and falter to the grounde?

1579–80 T. North tr. Annibal in Plutarch Lives (1595) 1143 There it was that Annibals souldiers..became then of valiant men, rancke cowardes: of strong menne weakelings.

1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. E3 Thy selfe art mightie,..My selfe a weakling, do not then insnare me.

1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. 133 Hewen in pieces they were pell-mell one with another, armed souldiors and unarmed weaklings, and no regard of sex was made.

1641 J. Milton Animadversions 31 Like a carved Gyant terribly menacing to children, and weaklings.

1684 J. Smith Profit & Pleasure United 2 It will..cause her [the Cow] to produce weaklings, or unhealthy Calves.

1697 J. Puckle New Dial. 33 Of pitiful Weaklings at Land, they come to be hardy, stout, and healthfull Persons.

1822 C. Lamb Diss. Roast Pig in Elia 1st Ser. The strong man may batten on him [the pig], and the weakling refuseth not his mild juices.

1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. iv. 62 Shakspeare was lame; Alfred, a rickety weakling.

1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet II. viii. 159 I say nothing for that poor weakling, that hot-house plant, [etc.].

1889 Spectator 27 Apr. 571/2 The caravans must have dropped many dead weaklings, men and beasts alike, in every hundred miles.

figurative.1648 W. Jenkyn Ὁδηγος Τυϕλος i. 14 So poor a weakling, and so mishapen a monster it [sc. a book] is, that..none will doubt it for his.

a. One who is weak in character or intellect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mental deficiency > [noun] > person

congeonc1285

idiota1400

foola1425

natural foolc1450

natural idiot1497

natural1533

changeling1577

weakling1577

mooncalf1586

slimslack1600

aufe1621

oaf1638

weak-wit1656

underwit1682

imbecile1830

ament1871

unfortunate1881

balmy1903

subnormal1905

deficient1906

retard1909

retardate1912

retarded1912

mopoke1946

retardee1956

mong1980

the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > quality of spiritlessness > spiritless person or people

weakling1577

leveret?1608

cold-footed1944

nelly1990

1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1759/1 Those honest men that had bene of maister Throckmor[tons] quest..submitted themselues, and saide they had offended like weaklings [1587 weakelings].

1616 J. Hayward Sanctuarie Troubled Soule (1620) i. xiv. 290 What then shall I doe, wretched weakeling? Shall I speake? or shall I be silent? I must not bee silent, and I cannot speake.

a1656 J. Hales Golden Remains (1659) i. 51 Weaklings are able to begin a quarrel, but the prosecution and finishing is a work for stronger men.

1844 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VIII. lxvi. 448 If they were men they would be in no want of allies, nor, if weaklings, of masters.

1884 R. Browning Ferishtah's Fancies i. 28 Should he play The helpless weakling, or the helpful strength That captures prey and saves the perishing?

1896 W. Watson Purple East 36 Only the witling's sneer, the worldling's smile, The weakling's tremors, fail him not who fain Would rouse to noble deed.

b. One who is a tiro or unskilled in (a subject).

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > novice or beginner

younglingOE

new-comeOE

novice1340

ginner?c1400

beginner1470

apprentice1489

prentice1489

infant1526

freshmana1557

intrant1560

enterer1565

puny?1570

weakling1575

new comeling1587

novist1587

incipient1589

puisne1592

abecedary1596

neophyte1600

abecedarian1603

bachelor1604

novelist?1608

alphabetary1611

breeching boy1611

tiro1611

alphabetarian1614

principiant1619

unexperienced1622

velvet head1631

undergraduatea1659

young stager1664

greenhorn1672

battledore boy1693

youngster1706

tironist1716

novitiatea1734

recruit1749

griffin1793

initiate1811

Johnny Newcome1815

Johnny Raw1823

griff1829

plebe1833

Johnny-come-lately1839

new chum1851

blanc-bec1853

fledgling1856

rookie1868

elementarian1876

tenderfoot1881

shorthorn1888

new kid1894

cheechako1897

ring-neck1898

Johnny1901

rook1902

fresh meat1908

malihini1914

initiand1915

stooge1930

intakea1943

cub1966

1575 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucolics Ep. Ded. sig. A iij Leauing nothing vnsifted which might appertaine to the vttermost exposition of these Bucolikes, that weakelinges in Poetrie myght rather be supported then suppressed.

4. One who is weak in the faith or in spiritual attainments.Common in 16–17th centuries.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > [noun] > person(s) having > weak

weakling1548

petty-fidian1647

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark i. f. 9–11 A ministre..muste..eschew all thinges wherwith the weakelinges may be offended.

1577 M. Hanmer tr. Socrates Scholasticus iii. vii, in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. 304 Eusebius..confirmed like a cunning Phisicion such as were weakelings in the faith.

1657 J. Owen Of Communion with God ii. iii. Digress. ii. 123 We that can doe nothing in our selves, we are such weaklings, can doe all things in Jesus Christ, as Giants.

1865 C. Stanford Symbols Christ vii. 201 Many a weakling has thought himself strong.

5. appositive or as adj. Weak, feeble.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily weakness > [adjective]

wokec897

unstronga900

unmightyeOE

feeblec1175

strengthlessc1175

unwieldc1220

weaka1300

frailc1384

unwieldyc1386

unthendec1425

dissolutec1450

unsure?a1475

feyc1475

simple1477

unfirm1483

unsinewed?1541

wash1548

weakling1557

ladylike1566

silly1567

water weak1592

washya1631

wankle1686

foible1715

unmuscular1725

nerveless1792

wankly1795

shilpit1813

wankya1825

sinewless1829

weedy-looking1835

queachy1859

insubstantiala1861

paper-backed1888

weak-fleshed1967

the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [adjective] > weak (of immaterial things)

thin?c1225

wateryc1230

feeble1393

wash1548

waterish1549

fadea1554

limping1577

dilute1605

lank1607

languid1622

water gruel1630

invalid1635

sinewless1644

exsanguine1647

flaccid1647

diluted1681

wishy-washy1693

tiffany1694

foible1715

rickety1738

faintly1771

unrobust1775

pale1820

peely-wally1832

muscleless1841

weakling1848

weedy?1858

feeblose1882

papery1924

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > weak in character or will

nesheOE

feeblec1200

softc1275

weaka1425

infirm1526

lithya1533

unheaded1577

spiritless1595

pappy1597

irresolute1600

marrowless1607

seducible1613

wax-nosedc1615

unsinewy?1623

reedy1628

swayable1642

short-spirited1647

weak-headed1654

lath-backed1676

will-less?1680

tiffany-trader1702

weak-minded1716

lax1751

lax-fibred1762

nerveless1783

wishy-washy1801

marcid1822

molluscous1836

boneless1848

weedy1849

putty-headed1857

flabby1862

weak-kneed1863

fibreless1864

invertebrate1867

chinless1881

backboneless1882

featherweight1885

spineless1885

weak-willed1885

totter-kneed1887

akratic1896

effete1905

weakling1906

gutless1915

willowish1919

Milquetoast1932

nannified1960

ball-less1967

1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. N.i^v Hee shall, for man, a weaklyng woman prooue.

1821 C. Lamb Mackery End in Elia 1st Ser. In the days of weakling infancy I was her tender charge.

1848 C. Kingsley Saint's Trag. ii. vi. 95 But now to wash Christ's feet were dangerous honour For weakling grace.

1906 Times Lit. Suppl. 13 July 246/1 The author does not spare himself, and he does not spare the weakling reader.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	weakling
释义	weaklingn. Brit. /ˈwiːklɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwiklɪŋ/ Forms: Also 1500s weak(e)lyng, weikling, Scottish waykling, 1500s–1600s weakeling. Etymology: < weak adj. + -ling suffix¹. Compare German weichling effeminate man. †1. An effeminate or unmanly person. Obsolete. 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- 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Cor. vi. 9 Nether fornicators,..nether whor~mongers, nether weaklinges [Gk. μαλακοί; Luther, weichlinge]. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxiii. xxviii. 840 Men were much deceived to thinke, that so horrible and straunge a murder was committed by such weaklings and persons as they were [L. qui tam atrocem caedem pertinere ad illos semiviros crederent]. 2. A person or animal that lacks physical strength, or is weak in health or constitution. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > sick person > [noun] > weak person dwininga1400 molla1425 impotenta1513 gristlea1556 weakling1576 puler1579 puling1579 shadow1588 shotten herring1598 doddle1681 sickrel1699 seven-months1724 wandought1726 wallydraigle1736 wreck1795 werewolf1808 windlestraw1818 weed1825 shammock1828 sickling1834 forcible feeble1844 dwindle1847 weedling1849 crock1876 feebling1887 asthenic1893 dodderer1907 pencil-neck1956 burnt-out case1959 weakie1959 1576 A. Fleming tr. Erasmus in Panoplie Epist. 358 Will you lay a heauie and weightie burthen, vppon the..shoulders of a young beginner, of a weakling, of an infant, which is able to make Demosthenes sincke vnder it, and falter to the grounde? 1579–80 T. North tr. Annibal in Plutarch Lives (1595) 1143 There it was that Annibals souldiers..became then of valiant men, rancke cowardes: of strong menne weakelings. 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. E3 Thy selfe art mightie,..My selfe a weakling, do not then insnare me. View more context for this quotation 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. 133 Hewen in pieces they were pell-mell one with another, armed souldiors and unarmed weaklings, and no regard of sex was made. 1641 J. Milton Animadversions 31 Like a carved Gyant terribly menacing to children, and weaklings. 1684 J. Smith Profit & Pleasure United 2 It will..cause her [the Cow] to produce weaklings, or unhealthy Calves. 1697 J. Puckle New Dial. 33 Of pitiful Weaklings at Land, they come to be hardy, stout, and healthfull Persons. 1822 C. Lamb Diss. Roast Pig in Elia 1st Ser. The strong man may batten on him [the pig], and the weakling refuseth not his mild juices. 1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. iv. 62 Shakspeare was lame; Alfred, a rickety weakling. 1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet II. viii. 159 I say nothing for that poor weakling, that hot-house plant, [etc.]. 1889 Spectator 27 Apr. 571/2 The caravans must have dropped many dead weaklings, men and beasts alike, in every hundred miles. figurative.1648 W. Jenkyn Ὁδηγος Τυϕλος i. 14 So poor a weakling, and so mishapen a monster it [sc. a book] is, that..none will doubt it for his. 3. a. One who is weak in character or intellect. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mental deficiency > [noun] > person congeonc1285 idiota1400 foola1425 natural foolc1450 natural idiot1497 natural1533 changeling1577 weakling1577 mooncalf1586 slimslack1600 aufe1621 oaf1638 weak-wit1656 underwit1682 imbecile1830 ament1871 unfortunate1881 balmy1903 subnormal1905 deficient1906 retard1909 retardate1912 retarded1912 mopoke1946 retardee1956 mong1980 the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > quality of spiritlessness > spiritless person or people weakling1577 leveret?1608 cold-footed1944 nelly1990 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1759/1 Those honest men that had bene of maister Throckmor[tons] quest..submitted themselues, and saide they had offended like weaklings [1587 weakelings]. 1616 J. Hayward Sanctuarie Troubled Soule (1620) i. xiv. 290 What then shall I doe, wretched weakeling? Shall I speake? or shall I be silent? I must not bee silent, and I cannot speake. a1656 J. Hales Golden Remains (1659) i. 51 Weaklings are able to begin a quarrel, but the prosecution and finishing is a work for stronger men. 1844 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VIII. lxvi. 448 If they were men they would be in no want of allies, nor, if weaklings, of masters. 1884 R. Browning Ferishtah's Fancies i. 28 Should he play The helpless weakling, or the helpful strength That captures prey and saves the perishing? 1896 W. Watson Purple East 36 Only the witling's sneer, the worldling's smile, The weakling's tremors, fail him not who fain Would rouse to noble deed. b. One who is a tiro or unskilled in (a subject). ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > novice or beginner younglingOE new-comeOE novice1340 ginner?c1400 beginner1470 apprentice1489 prentice1489 infant1526 freshmana1557 intrant1560 enterer1565 puny?1570 weakling1575 new comeling1587 novist1587 incipient1589 puisne1592 abecedary1596 neophyte1600 abecedarian1603 bachelor1604 novelist?1608 alphabetary1611 breeching boy1611 tiro1611 alphabetarian1614 principiant1619 unexperienced1622 velvet head1631 undergraduatea1659 young stager1664 greenhorn1672 battledore boy1693 youngster1706 tironist1716 novitiatea1734 recruit1749 griffin1793 initiate1811 Johnny Newcome1815 Johnny Raw1823 griff1829 plebe1833 Johnny-come-lately1839 new chum1851 blanc-bec1853 fledgling1856 rookie1868 elementarian1876 tenderfoot1881 shorthorn1888 new kid1894 cheechako1897 ring-neck1898 Johnny1901 rook1902 fresh meat1908 malihini1914 initiand1915 stooge1930 intakea1943 cub1966 1575 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucolics Ep. Ded. sig. A iij Leauing nothing vnsifted which might appertaine to the vttermost exposition of these Bucolikes, that weakelinges in Poetrie myght rather be supported then suppressed. 4. One who is weak in the faith or in spiritual attainments.Common in 16–17th centuries. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > [noun] > person(s) having > weak weakling1548 petty-fidian1647 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark i. f. 9–11 A ministre..muste..eschew all thinges wherwith the weakelinges may be offended. 1577 M. Hanmer tr. Socrates Scholasticus iii. vii, in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. 304 Eusebius..confirmed like a cunning Phisicion such as were weakelings in the faith. 1657 J. Owen Of Communion with God ii. iii. Digress. ii. 123 We that can doe nothing in our selves, we are such weaklings, can doe all things in Jesus Christ, as Giants. 1865 C. Stanford Symbols Christ vii. 201 Many a weakling has thought himself strong. 5. appositive or as adj. Weak, feeble. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily weakness > [adjective] wokec897 unstronga900 unmightyeOE feeblec1175 strengthlessc1175 unwieldc1220 weaka1300 frailc1384 unwieldyc1386 unthendec1425 dissolutec1450 unsure?a1475 feyc1475 simple1477 unfirm1483 unsinewed?1541 wash1548 weakling1557 ladylike1566 silly1567 water weak1592 washya1631 wankle1686 foible1715 unmuscular1725 nerveless1792 wankly1795 shilpit1813 wankya1825 sinewless1829 weedy-looking1835 queachy1859 insubstantiala1861 paper-backed1888 weak-fleshed1967 the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [adjective] > weak (of immaterial things) thin?c1225 wateryc1230 feeble1393 wash1548 waterish1549 fadea1554 limping1577 dilute1605 lank1607 languid1622 water gruel1630 invalid1635 sinewless1644 exsanguine1647 flaccid1647 diluted1681 wishy-washy1693 tiffany1694 foible1715 rickety1738 faintly1771 unrobust1775 pale1820 peely-wally1832 muscleless1841 weakling1848 weedy?1858 feeblose1882 papery1924 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > weak in character or will nesheOE feeblec1200 softc1275 weaka1425 infirm1526 lithya1533 unheaded1577 spiritless1595 pappy1597 irresolute1600 marrowless1607 seducible1613 wax-nosedc1615 unsinewy?1623 reedy1628 swayable1642 short-spirited1647 weak-headed1654 lath-backed1676 will-less?1680 tiffany-trader1702 weak-minded1716 lax1751 lax-fibred1762 nerveless1783 wishy-washy1801 marcid1822 molluscous1836 boneless1848 weedy1849 putty-headed1857 flabby1862 weak-kneed1863 fibreless1864 invertebrate1867 chinless1881 backboneless1882 featherweight1885 spineless1885 weak-willed1885 totter-kneed1887 akratic1896 effete1905 weakling1906 gutless1915 willowish1919 Milquetoast1932 nannified1960 ball-less1967 1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. N.i^v Hee shall, for man, a weaklyng woman prooue. 1821 C. Lamb Mackery End in Elia 1st Ser. In the days of weakling infancy I was her tender charge. 1848 C. Kingsley Saint's Trag. ii. vi. 95 But now to wash Christ's feet were dangerous honour For weakling grace. 1906 Times Lit. Suppl. 13 July 246/1 The author does not spare himself, and he does not spare the weakling reader. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1526
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