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Webster 1913 Edition

Softling

Soft′ling

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Noun.

A soft, effeminate person; a voluptuary.

[R.]

Bp. Woolton. .

Webster 1828 Edition

Softling

SOFT'LING

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Noun.

An effeminate person; one vitiously nice. [Little used.]

Definition 2024

softling

softling

English

Noun

softling ‎(plural softlings)

(archaic) A soft, effeminate person; a voluptuary.
- Bishop John Woolton
  Effeminate men and softlings cause the stout man to wax tender.