slimsy
flimsy; frail.
Origin of slimsy
1- Also slimp·sy [slimp-see]. /ˈslɪmp si/.
Words Nearby slimsy
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use slimsy in a sentence
Hissing arcs up under that slimsy roof throw high lights and deep shadows here and there and everywhere.
The Modern Railroad | Edward HungerfordThey were none of the slimsy, composition-filled, aniline-dyed calicoes of to-day.
Home Life in Colonial Days | Alice Morse EarleCradle sheets of this thin, closely woven, white worsted stuff are not slimsy like thin flannel, yet are softer than flannel.
Home Life in Colonial Days | Alice Morse EarleHis slimsy silver spoon, dented with toothmarks of an ancestor who had died in a delirium, was laid evenly by his plate.
British Dictionary definitions for slimsy
/ (ˈslɪmzɪ) /
US informal frail
Origin of slimsy
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse