whimling

noun — 2 senses

whimling

noun

Etymology From whim + -ling.

1

Obsolete Someone given to whims, a whimsical person

2

Obsolete a weak, childish person.

  • Go, whimling, and fetch two or three grating loaves.c. 1608–1610, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Coxcomb”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act IV, scene vii:

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