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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Flimsy \Flim"sy\, a. [Compar. Flimsier; superl. Flimsiest.]
[Cf. W. llymsi naked, bare, empty, sluggish, spiritless. Cf.
Limsy.]
Weak; feeble; limp; slight; vain; without strength or
solidity; of loose and unsubstantial structure; without
reason or plausibility; as, a flimsy argument, excuse,
objection.
[1913 Webster]
Proud of a vast extent of flimsy lines. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
All the flimsy furniture of a country miss's brain.
--Sheridan.
Syn: Weak; feeble; superficial; shallow; vain.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Flimsy \Flim"sy\, a. [Compar. Flimsier; superl. Flimsiest.]
[Cf. W. llymsi naked, bare, empty, sluggish, spiritless. Cf.
Limsy.]
Weak; feeble; limp; slight; vain; without strength or
solidity; of loose and unsubstantial structure; without
reason or plausibility; as, a flimsy argument, excuse,
objection.
Proud of a vast extent of flimsy lines. --Pope.
All the flimsy furniture of a country miss's brain.
--Sheridan.
Syn: Weak; feeble; superficial; shallow; vain.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
flimsy
adj 1: lacking solidity or strength; "a flimsy table"; "flimsy
construction"; "a fragile link with the past" [syn: fragile]
2: having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse";
"slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"
[syn: slight, tenuous, thin]
3: very thin and insubstantial; "thin paper"; "flimsy voile";
"light summer dresses" [syn: light]
4: resembling cardboard especially in flimsiness; "apartments
with cardboard walls" [syn: cardboard]
n : a thin strong light-weight translucent paper used especially
for making carbon copies [syn: onionskin]
[also: flimsiest, flimsier]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
flimsier
See flimsy
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
flimsier
a.
(en-comparative of: flimsy)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
flimsier
a.
(en-comparative of: flimsy)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
flimsier
a.
(en-comparative of: flimsy)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
flimsier
a.
(en-comparative of: flimsy)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
flimsier
Englanti a.
(en-a-taivm f lims ier)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
flimsier
Engelska a.
(böjning en adj flimsy)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Flimsier /flˈɪmziˌə/
أضعف
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
flimsier /flˈɪmziˌə/
chatrnější
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
flimsier /flˈɪmziə/
schwächer
see: flimsy, flimsiest
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