FLIMSY
ADJECTIVES
► DAFFLING flimsy of texture, limp → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FRIVOL frivolous, paltry, flimsy, absurd → 1492 chiefly Sc., obs.
► IMMATERIAL flimsy, slight → 1606
► LAMOS flimsy, unsubstantial → 1912 US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► LIMPSY limp, flimsy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► MIMSY miserable and flimsy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SAYLY thin, flimsy → 1884 Eng. dial.
► SKETCHY flimsy, insubstantial, vague → L19 sl.
► SLIMSEY ► SLIMSY flimsy, frail → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► TINGLE flimsy, fragile → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TINNY not strong or durable; flimsy, shoddy
► WAFF of things, qualities, etc.: weak, lacking strength or substance, flimsy, shoddy, paltry, of little account → 1810 Sc.
NOUNS
► BUTTERFLY something likened to a butterfly, esp. in being flimsy, fragile, or ephemeral → c1390
► FALDERAL ► FAL DE ROL ► FOLDEROL a gewgaw, a trifle; a flimsy thing → c1820
► HAYWIRE flimsy or worthless material → 1928 Amer. sl.
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