Reverse Dictionary: SOFT

ADJECTIVES
..888 — NESH soft in texture or consistency; yielding easily to pressure or force; delicate to the taste; in later use, tender, succulent, juicy → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1398 — QUAVY soft, flabby → obs.
1440 — LUSH lax, flaccid; soft, tender → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1691 — MALM mellow, soft → Eng. dial.
1777 — SART soft → Eng. dial.
1790 — MELCH — MELSH mild, warm; soft and moist; applied chiefly to the weather, but also occasionally to anything soft → Eng. dial.
1824 — FUFFY light and soft; spongy; fraught with dust, like a fuzzball → Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
1848 — FRUSH soft, not firm in substance → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
.M19 — YAPPY foolish, soft; idiotic → sl.
1872 — LEATH soft, supple, pliable → Eng. dial.
1879 — TEERY soft, smooth, mellow → Eng. dial.
1898 — CACKY soft, flabby, not firm, over-fat → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 — FAIR soft; slow → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
..20C — SMOOTH AS A BABY’S BOTTOM pert. to something which is very smooth or soft → colloq.
..20C — SOFT AS A BABY’S BOTTOM pert. to something which is very smooth or soft → colloq.
1904 — SAMPLE soft, supple, flexible → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — MOOLIE soft, flabby → Sc. (Bk.)
1910 — CANDY of a person: soft, weak, effeminate → US sl.
1910 — QUEANIE — QUEANY effeminate; soft → Aust. sl.
1957 — LIMP-WRISTED of men: effeminate; soft; weak; homosexual; usually derisive → US sl.

ADVERBS
..897 — NESHLY softly, gently → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1297 — NESH softly, gently, tenderly → obs.
1400 — FAIRLY gently, peaceably, quietly, softly → obs.
1500 — PRETTILY gently, softly, quietly
1562 — BASELY in a low tone, softly, quietly → obs.
1636 — CANNILY sagaciously, skilfully, prudently; cautiously, slyly; gently, softly; comfortably → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1777 — SARTLY softly → Eng. dial.
1820 — LOWNLY softly, quietly; in a low voice → Sc.
1894 — LAUNEY gently, softly → Ireland
1904 — SART softly → Eng. dial. (Bk.)

NOUNS
..897 — NESHNESS softness, weakness
1398 — NESHING a becoming or making soft
1440 — NESHHEAD softness → obs.
1440 — TENERITUDE tenderness, softness → obs.
1638 — MALACISSATION  the act of making soft or supple → obs.
1656 — MOLLITUDE softness, tenderness, weakness, effeminacy → obs.
1700 — FUFF a soft feathery mass → chiefly Sc.
1885 — MARDNESS softness, lack of endurance, indulgence → Eng. dial.
1898 — CACK anything very soft → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1950 — MARSHMALLOW a soft, weak thing → US sl. (Bk.)

NOUNS, PERSON
1718 — GILPY a young man or boy, esp. a lively or impudent one; a roguish boy; also, a soft, stupid person  → Sc. obs.
1719 — SUMPH a soft stupid fellow; a simpleton, a blockhead → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1796 — GABY a simpleton; a fool; a blockhead; a stupid or silly fellow; a soft person; a dunce; a clownish person; one who gapes and stares about in ignorant wonder → colloq. & Eng. dial.
..19C — SKITWIT a soft, foolish, scatterbrained person → Eng. dial.
1821 — GLIPE a young, thoughtless girl; a soft, stupid person → Sc.
1824 — GLOIT a soft delicate person → Sc.
1824 — SOFT SOLES a soft effeminate man → Sc.
1825 — A FACILE MAN one who possesses that softness of disposition that he is liable to be easily wrought upon by others → Sc.
1825 — CA a soft, foolish person → Sc.
1862 — SACKEY — SACKIE — SACKY a soft fellow; a dupe; a coward → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1865 — BARM-HEAD a soft, foolish person → Eng. dial.
1869 — CAKEY a simpleton; a soft, silly person → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1875 — SAWNEY-BOOS a soft fellow; a simpleton → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1880 — O a stupid or silly fellow; a softy → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1880 — SAUNY-GO-SOFTLY a soft fellow → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1881 — SAWNEY-GAWNEY a soft fellow; a simpleton → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1886 — GEOLPH — GEULPH a big, soft lad → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1887 — BALMY a fool, a simpleton; a soft, weak-minded person → Eng. dial.
1887 — BERRY an easy opponent, anyone seen as soft → US sl.
1890 — BAWKEN a soft or innocent youth → Ireland
1893 — GAAKY a soft or awkward person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1896 — CHARLEY-BOY a soft or effeminate young man → US sl.
1898 — BEFFIN a soft, stupid person → Sc. (Bk.)
1898 — CACKTY a soft, cowardly fellow → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1903 — EASY a soft or gullible person; an easy mark → US sl.
1904 — SAWNEY-BOX a soft, fellow; a simpleton → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 — SAWNEY-GO-SOFTLY a soft fellow; a simpleton → N. Ireland (Bk.)
1904 — ZACKY a soft fellow; a dupe; a coward → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1969 — SAPSY a soft, weak-willed, characterless person → Sc.

VERBS
..897 — NESH to become soft → obs.
1622 — LENIATE to render mild or soft; to soften, to soothe, to make calm → obs.
1641 — MALM to become soft → obs.
1784 — WAFFLE to make or become soft, limp, or flabby → Sc.
1900 — ELVER to grow soft → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1966 — TENDER to make soft or delicate → Amer. dial.