softish

[Eng. soft: -ish.] Somewhat soft; rather soft. *soft-ling, s . [Eng. soft , a.; dim in. suff. -ling .] A soft, effeminate person; a sybarite, a voluptuary. "Effeminate men and softlings cause the stoute man to waxe tender." -Bishop Woolton: Christian Manuell , L. 6 b. soft-ly, *softe-ly, adv . [Eng. soft , a.; -ly.] lence, or roughne . 1. In a soft manner; gently; without force, vio "His falchion on a flint he softly smiteth." Shakesp.: Rape of Lucrece, 176. 2. Without noise; not loudly; gently. "So they went softly till he had done." -Bunyan: Pi grim's Progre , pt. ii. 3. Mildly, tenderly. IMG:content-1692.png:[blocks in formation] that quality of bodies which renders them ready to 1. The quality or state of being soft or not hard; yield to pre ure or to easily receive impre ions from other bodies. (Opposed to hardne .) 2. Susceptibility of feeling or pa ion; liability to be affected; gentlene , tender-hearted ne . "There is scarcely any who are not in some degree pos se ed of this pleasing softne ."-Goldsmith: The Bee, No. 3. 3. Exce ive susceptibility of feeling; weakne simplicity. 4. Mildne , gentlene , meekne , civility; free dom from roughne , rudene , or coarsene ; as, softne of manners or language. 5. Timidity, timorousne , pusillanimity. "This virtue could not proceed out of fear or softne , for he was valiant."- Bacon: Henry VII. 6. Effeminacy, delicacy; want of manline or spirit. "He was not delighted with the softne of the court." "Our friends see not our faults, or conceal them, or soften them by their representation." -Add is on . ( Todd .) 5. To make easy, to compose, to alleviate, to mit i--Clarendon: Civil Wars. gate. "Time wants not power to soften all regrets." Words worth: Excursion, bk. vii. 6. To make calm and placid. 7. To make le glaring or intense; to tone down; as, to often the coloring in a picture. 8. To make tender, delicate, effeminate; to ener 3. To become le hard-hearted, obdurate, or ob- and fine feelings; to relent. stinate; to become more susceptible of humane "He may soften at the sight of the child; The silence often of pure innocence Persuades, when speaking fails." *4. To become more mild. *5. To pa by soft, imperceptible degrees; to bench; go, gem; thin, this; 7. The quality or state of being pleasing, grateful, or acceptable to the senses, arising from the absence of harshne , violent contrast, roughne , sharpne , or the like. "One sung a very agreeable air, with a degree of softne and melody which we could not have expected."-Cook: Third Voyage , bk. iii., ch. xiii. II. Art : The opposite of boldne . In some instances the term is used to designate agreeable delicacy, at other times as indicative of want of power. ( Fairholt .) soft-, subst. [Eng. soft, a.; -y.] A soft, simple person. ( Colloq.) "She were but a softy after all." -Mrs. Gaskell : Sylvia's Lovers, ch. xv. *soget, a . & 8. [SUBJECT, а . & 8.] sog-gy, adj. [Icel. söggr =damp, wet: saggi = dampne .] Wet; soaked with water or moisture; thoroughly wet. "The warping condition of this green and soggy multitude."- Ben Jonson: Every Man out of his Humor, iii. 2. so-hō, interj. [See def.] A word used in calling from a distant place; a sport man's halloo. "Mr. Great-heart called after him, saying, ' Soho , friend! let us have your company. "-Bunyan: Pilgrim's Progre , pt. ii. so-hō, v . t . [SOHO, interj .] To halloo after. "A third hare was sohoed near the river-side, close to Yarm town."- Field , Feb. 5, 1887. sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia soi disant soi disant (as swâ de-zãn'), adj. phr. [Fr.] Calling himself; self-styled; would-be. *soigne, s . [O. Fr.] Care, diligence, anxiety.