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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[

Com

par.

Flimsier

;

sup

erl.

Flimsiest

[Cf. W.

llymsi

naked, bare, empty, sluggish, spiritless. Cf.

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.

Syn. – Weak; feeble; superficial; shallow; vain.

Noun.

Thin or transfer paper.

A bank note.

[Slang, Eng.]

Adj.

s as z. [The word is retained by the common people in New England in limsy, weak, limber, easily bending.]

Weak; feeble; slight; vain; without strength or solid substance; as a flimsy pretext; a flimsy excuse; flimsy objections.

Without strength or force; spiritless.

Proud of a vast extent of flimsy lines.

Thin; of loose texture; as flimsy cloth or stuff. [Little used.]