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

It was the one she had purchased the Christmas before in New York and was made of old blue chiffon cloth over a "slimsy" satin lining, with two big old rose velvet poppies at the belt.

From Project Gutenberg

To go live with that slimsy cousin of mine, after being in the same house with your mother, is like falling off a roof into a squashy mud puddle.

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In like manner, I have heard of a prayer preferred by a somewhat simple New Englander, who was overheard offering his petition behind a clump of bushes in a field: 127 “O Lord, I want a new coat—good cloth—none of your coarse, flimsy, slimsy, sleazy kind of stuff, but a good piece of thick, warm, comfortable broadcloth—such as Bill Hale wears.”

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I can’t see anything to it—for the price; it’s too slimsy.

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If there were sewn with these strips of light cotton stuff of equal width, the carpet would prove a poor thing, heavy in spots and slimsy in others.

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