Definitions for: Flimsy


[n] a thin strong light-weight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies
[adj] having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"
[adj] lacking solidity or strength; "a flimsy table"; "flimsy construction"; "a fragile link with the past"
[adj] resembling cardboard especially in flimsiness; "apartments with cardboard walls"
[adj] very thin and insubstantial; "thin paper"; "flimsy voile"; "light summer dresses"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.


Flim"sy, n.
1. Thin or transfer paper.

2. A bank note. [Slang, Eng.]

Synonyms: cardboard, fragile, inferior, light, onionskin, slight, tenuous, thin, weak

See Also: typewriter paper, typing paper

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