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weakling

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weak⋅ling

  [week-ling]
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–noun
1. a person who is physically or morally weak.
–adjective
2. weak; not strong.
Origin:
1520–30; weak + -ling 1

Synonyms:
1. milksop, chicken, namby-pamby.
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weak·ling   (wēk'lĭng)   
n.  One of weak constitution or character.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

weakling 
1526, coined by Tyndale from weak as a loan-translation of Luther's Weichling "effeminate man," from Ger. weich "soft" (see weak).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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