Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An over-nice person or critic; a hair-splitter.
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- noun obsolete An
effeminate ,tender , ordelicate individual . - noun archaic A
nice thing .
Etymologies
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From nice + -ling.
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Examples
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‘niceling’ (Stubbs), ‘fosterling’ (Ben Johnson), and ‘masterling’?
English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846
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