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weak·ling

   [week-ling]
noun
1.
a person who is physically or morally weak.
adjective
2.
weak; not strong.

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Origin:
1520–30; weak + -ling1

Synonyms
1. milksop, chicken, namby-pamby.

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weakling (ˈwiːklɪŋ)
 
—n
a person or animal that is lacking in strength or weak in constitution or character

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weakling
1526, coined by Tyndale from weak as a loan-translation of Luther's Weichling "effeminate man," from Ger. weich "soft" (see weak).
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