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English
Etymology
From whim + -ling.
Noun
whimling (plural whimlings)
- (obsolete) Someone given to whims, a whimsical person
- Synonym: whimsy
- (obsolete) a weak, childish person.
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:Go, whimling, and fetch two or three grating loaves.
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