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Webster 1913 Edition
Slim
Slim
(slĭm)
, Adj.
[
Com
par.
Slimmer
; sup
erl.
Slimmest
.] [Formerly, bad, worthless, weak, slight, awry, fr. D.
slim
; akin to G. schlimm
, MHG. slimp
oblique, awry; of uncertain origin. The meaning of the English word seems to have been influenced by slender
.] 1.
Worthless; bad.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
2.
Weak; slight; unsubstantial; poor;
“That was a slim excuse.” as, a
. slim
argumentBarrow.
3.
Of small diameter or thickness in proportion to the height or length; slender;
as, a
slim
person; a slim
tree. Grose.
Webster 1828 Edition
Slim
SLIM
,Adj.
1.
Slender; of small diameter or thickness in proportion to the highth; as a slim person; a slim tree.2.
Weak; slight; unsubstantial.3.
Worthless.