shilpit
Americanadjective
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(of a person) sickly; puny; feeble.
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(of liquor) weak; watery.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of shilpit
First recorded in 1795–1805; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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Whatna shilpit man's this that Leevie's gotten for her new jo?
From Doom Castle by Neil Munro
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 S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
It called her "the minister's shilpit bit lassie."
From Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
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 S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
"Indeed," thought she, as she turned from the mirror, with rather a mournful smile, "my Aunt Nicky was in the right: I certainly am a poor shilpit thing."
From Marriage by Susan Edmonstone Ferrier
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