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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: flimsy (0.03441 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to flimsy.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: flimsy
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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Flimsy
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]
Flimsy
\Flim"sy\, n.
1. Thin or transfer paper.
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2. A bank note. [Slang, Eng.]
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