dial. or colloq. Also softie, Sc. safty, saftie. [f. SOFT a.] A weak-minded or silly person; a simpleton, noodle, gull.
1863. Mrs. Gaskell, Sylvia’s Lovers, II. 21. She were but a softy after all, for she left off doing her work in a proper manner.
1888. Mrs. H. Ward, R. Elsmere, 33. He is a kind of softie.
1897. P. Warung, Tales Old Regime, 170. He was a softy then,… and being afraid of the rest of us, we put upon him.
