slimsy

[ slim-zee ]

adjective

1. flimsy; frail.

slimsy

/ ˈslɪmzɪ /

adjective

1. informal.
   frail

Word History and Origins

Origin of slimsy¹

1835–45, Americanism; blend of slim and flimsy

Word History and Origins

Origin of slimsy¹

C19: from slim + flimsy

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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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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