Definition of Slimsy

1. a. Flimsy; frail.

Definition of Slimsy

1. Adjective. (US colloquial dated) flimsy; frail ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Slimsy

1. flimsy [adj -SIER, -SIEST] - See also: flimsy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slimsy

slimmer
slimmers
slimmest
slimming
slimmings
slimmish
slimnastics
slimness
slimnesses
slimpsier
slimpsiest
slimpsy
slims
slimsier
slimsiest
slimsy (current term)
slimy
slinch
sliness
sling
sling one's hook
sling psychrometer
slingback
slingbacks
slinger
slinger ring
slingers
slinging
slings
slingshoot

Literary usage of Slimsy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. And the Wilderness Blossomed by Frederick Stoever Dickson (1901)
"Poor little flycatcher, you might well be " slimsy" with ice and snow still covering the waters of the lake, and never an insect ready for business. ..."

2. And the Wilderness Blossomed by Frederick Stoever Dickson (1901)
"Poor little flycatcher, you might well be " slimsy" with ice and snow still covering the waters of the lake, and never an insect ready for business. ..."

3. And the Wilderness Blossomed by Frederick Stoever Dickson (1901)
"Poor little flycatcher, you might well be " slimsy" with ice and snow still covering the waters of the lake, and never an insect ready for business. ..."

4. Kiltie McCoy: An American Boy with an Irish Name Fighting in France as a by Patrick Terrance McCoy (1918)
"With their Sam Brown belts and their little slimsy walking sticks they were ... But that Sam Brown belt and slimsy walking stick soon made them at all times ..."

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