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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

softling en · NOUN

Etymology

From soft + -ling.

Meanings

  1. (archaic) A soft, effeminate person; a voluptuary.
    • Effeminate men and softlings cause the stout man to wax tender. 1576, John Woolton, The Christian Manuell:

Forms

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Synonyms

dudelet · pansy · pretty boy · cockney · femboy · nancy · cockney · puss-gentleman · sybarite · hedonist · fairy · bon viveur · lotus-eater · fakaleiti · pansy · epicure · pleasure seeker · posy sniffer · zenana · lapling · twink · bading · softling · voluptuary · quiche-eater · girl's blouse · ginch · jessie · poof · sensualist · softling · pleasurist · voluptuarian · epicurean · sissy · swish · girlyman · janegirl · cot-quean · soy boy · Percy · gentleman · big girl's blouse · poofter · nancy pants · high-stepper · sissy · nancyboy · cupcake