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limpsy

[ limp-see ]

adjective

, Dialect.
  1. flimsy; limp; weak; lazy; flaccid.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of limpsy1

An Americanism dating back to 1815–25; limp 2 + -sy
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Example Sentences

The noise and the smoke and the press of people made me lightheaded and limpsy.

Beneath the glance of her brilliant eyes, my feet seemed to grow too short, and my legs too long—my coat too big, and my collar limpsy, and I discovered a grease spot on my vest.

In the mornin he was the most limpsy piece of mankind I ever did see.

The attendants, callous for a while, were soon alarmed, for suddenly the half-frozen and lifeless body fell limpsy in their hands, and they hurried it back to the cot, plainly insensible, perhaps dying.

Look now at that window!—a young mother comes to it with a little new baby,—its little neck is as limpsy as your doll's; and its hands look just like those your cook fries when she makes fancy doughnuts.

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