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slimness|ˈslɪmnɪs|
[f. slim a. + -ness.]
1. Slenderness; (graceful) thinness.
1727in Bailey (vol. II). 1776Pennant Brit. Zool. I. 334 The slimness of their bodies, and great length of tail. 1816Keats Ep. to C. Cowden Clarke 87 To see..morning shadows streaking into slimness Across the lawny fields. 1859Geo. Eliot A. Bede i. ii, An effect which was due to the slimness of her figure. 1893F. F. Moore I Forbid Banns xi, Young ladies, who, with all the insolence of slimness, called her stout.
2. Artfulness, wiliness, cunning.
1899Westm. Gaz. 27 Dec. 1/2 Courage is no good unless it is backed up by what the Boers themselves call ‘slimness’. 1900Daily Telegr. 2 Oct. 6/1 A double dose of original slimness. |