单词 | flimsiness |
释义 | flimsinessn. The quality of being flimsy. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > state of being limited in amount > scantiness or meagreness scantnessc1386 parcity1509 tenuity1535 scantiness1567 bareness1580 barrenness1587 exiguity1604 leanness1612 meagreness1622 thinness1623 jejuneness1626 macilencya1631 narrowness1647 straitnessa1704 flimsinessa1763 threadbareness1771 poorness1782 skimpiness1879 threadbarity1892 the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [noun] unfastness1398 debility1570 insolidity1578 unsoundness1605 tenderness1708 flimsiness1816 immateriality1886 1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) II. 173 A certain flimziness of poetry. 1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) II. 81 Certainly the materials are spun out almost to flimziness. 1883 Law Times 29 Sept. 362/1 The courts..were run up with a speed and flimsiness of construction which would do credit to a speculative suburban builder. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1727 |
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