5 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
noun a person who is weak and excessively sentimental
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Germanic *samþuz /*samftuz Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī) Old English sōfte Middle English softe English soft English -y English softy From soft + -y.
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