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/week"ling/, n.1. a person who is physically or morally weak.adj.2. weak; not strong.[1520-30; WEAK + -LING1]Syn. 1. milksop, chicken, namby-pamby.
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Weakling — Weak ling, n. [Weak + ling.] A weak or feeble creature. Shak. All looking on him as a weakling, which would post to the grave. Fuller. [1913 Webster] We may not be weaklings because we have a strong enemy. Latimer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Weakling — Weak ling, a. Weak; feeble. Sir T. North. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Weakling — Allgemeine Informationen Genre(s) Black Metal Gründung ca. 1998 Auflösung 1999 … Deutsch Wikipedia
weakling — 1520s, coined by Tyndale from WEAK (Cf. weak) as a loan translation of Luther s Weichling effeminate man, from Ger. weich soft (see WEAK (Cf. weak)) … Etymology dictionary
weakling — [n] person who has no strength baby, chicken*, chicken heart*, coward, cream puff*, crybaby, dotard, invertebrate, jellyfish*, misfit, pushover, wimp*, yellow belly*; concepts 412,423 Ant. strongman … New thesaurus
weakling — ► NOUN ▪ a weak person or animal … English terms dictionary
weakling — [wēkliŋ] n. 1. a person or animal low in physical strength or vitality 2. a person of weak character or intellect … English World dictionary
Weakling — Infobox musical artist Name = Weakling Img capt = Img size = Landscape = Background = group or band Origin = San Francisco, California, U.S. Genre = Black metal Years active = 1998–1999 Label = tUMULt Associated acts = The Fucking Champs, Saros,… … Wikipedia
weakling — [[t]wi͟ːklɪŋ[/t]] weaklings 1) N COUNT (disapproval) If you describe a person or an animal as a weakling, you mean that they are physically weak. 2) N COUNT (disapproval) If you describe someone as a weakling, you mean that they have a weak… … English dictionary
weakling — UK [ˈwiːklɪŋ] / US [ˈwɪklɪŋ] noun [countable] Word forms weakling : singular weakling plural weaklings showing disapproval a person or animal that is physically weak … English dictionary
weakling — noun Date: 1548 one that is weak in body, character, or mind • weakling adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
