† nicelingn.

Forms: see nice adj. and -ling suffix¹.

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

Etymology: < nice adj. + -ling suffix¹.

Obsolete.

1. An effeminate or delicate person.

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-

1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. James i. f. xxvi^v That..we maye nether become tendre nycelynges through vayne pleasures, ne moued with terrible turmoylinges.

1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xl. 238 There are a sorte of these nycelings which take greefe at it.

1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses 79 I know wherefor they wil say they weare these scarfes; namely, to keep them from Sunburning; But I wold aske these Nicelings one question.

2. A nice thing. pseudo-archaic. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [noun] > source of pleasure > small

sweetling1840

niceling1884

1884 W. Black Judith Shakespeare ii I was showing you what nicelings and delicates my father was bringing.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	niceling
释义	† nicelingn. Forms: see nice adj. and -ling suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nice adj., -ling suffix¹. Etymology: < nice adj. + -ling suffix¹. Obsolete. 1. An effeminate or delicate person. 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- 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. James i. f. xxvi^v That..we maye nether become tendre nycelynges through vayne pleasures, ne moued with terrible turmoylinges. 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xl. 238 There are a sorte of these nycelings which take greefe at it. 1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses 79 I know wherefor they wil say they weare these scarfes; namely, to keep them from Sunburning; But I wold aske these Nicelings one question. 2. A nice thing. pseudo-archaic. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [noun] > source of pleasure > small sweetling1840 niceling1884 1884 W. Black Judith Shakespeare ii I was showing you what nicelings and delicates my father was bringing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1549
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