Obs. [OE. bædling, f. bæddel a womanish fellow (see BAD) + -ING3.] An effeminate or womanish man.

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a. 1000.  in Wülcker, Vocab., 391. Effeminati, molles, bædlingas.

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a. 1600.  Pinkerton, S. P. (1792), III. 125 (Jam.). A wregh to were a nobill scarlet goune, A badlyng, furryng parfillit wele with sable.

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