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slimsy

[ slim-zee ]

adjective

  1. flimsy; frail.


slimsy

/ ˈslɪmzɪ /

adjective

  1. informal.
    frail
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of slimsy1

1835–45, Americanism; blend of slim and flimsy
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Word History and Origins

Origin of slimsy1

C19: from slim + flimsy
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Example Sentences

Hissing arcs up under that slimsy roof throw high lights and deep shadows here and there and everywhere.

They were none of the slimsy, composition-filled, aniline-dyed calicoes of to-day.

Cradle sheets of this thin, closely woven, white worsted stuff are not slimsy like thin flannel, yet are softer than flannel.

His slimsy silver spoon, dented with toothmarks of an ancestor who had died in a delirium, was laid evenly by his plate.

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