shilpit

American  

[shil-pit] / ˈʃɪl pɪt /

adjective

Scot.

1. (of a person) sickly; puny; feeble.

2. (of liquor) weak; watery.

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shilpit British  

/ ˈʃɪlpɪt /

adjective

1. puny; thin; weak-looking

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Etymology

Origin of shilpit

First recorded in 1795–1805; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

The Laird, as he peered at her over his spectacles, pronounced her to be but a shilpit thing, though weel eneugh, considering the ne'er-do-weels that were aught her.

From Marriage by Ferrier, Susan Edmonstone

A lass opened the door after a wee, no' that ill-lookin', but toosy aboot the heid an' unco shilpit aboot the face.

From Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

I seen the man that's in the South Lodge gaun up the street when I was finishin' my denner—a shilpit body and a lameter, but he hirples as fast as ither folk run.

From Huntingtower by Buchan, John

It's no' ma idea o' beauty—a terrible lang neck an' a wee shilpit bit face, an' sic a height!

From Penny Plain by Douglas, O.

He is weather-seasoned like the red tod o' the hills; but ye are shilpit and silly, boy William, so ye had best bide wi' auld Jean when ye can.

From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)