whimling

English

Etymology

From whim +‎ -ling.

Noun

whimling (plural whimlings)

1. (obsolete) Someone given to whims, a whimsical person

   Synonym: whimsy

2. (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.

References

• “whimling”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.