Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fondling; one made tender by too much coddling; an effeminate person.
- noun One of the first horns of a deer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare One made tender by too much kindness; a fondling.
- noun (Zoöl.) One of the first antlers of a deer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic One made
tender by too muchkindness ; afondling . - noun zoology One of the first
antlers of adeer .
Etymologies
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tender + -ling
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