tenderling

noun — 2 senses

noun

Etymology From tender + -ling.

Archaic Someone made tender by too much kindness or lassitude; a fondling or softie.

Now […] have we many chimnies, and yet our tenderlings complain of rheums, catarrhs, and poses.1586, William Harrison, The Description of England:

Biology, Natural sciences, Zoology One of the first antlers of a deer.

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