shilpitadj.
/ˈʃɪlpɪt/, U.S. /ˈʃɪlpət/, Scottish English /ˈʃɪlpɪt/ Scottish.
1. Of persons: Pale and sickly-looking; weak, feeble, puny.
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the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily weakness > [adjective]
wokec897
unstronga900
unmightyeOE
feeblec1175
strengthlessc1175
unwieldc1220
weaka1300
frailc1384
unwieldyc1386
unthendec1425
dissolutec1450
unsure?a1475
feyc1475
simple1477
unfirm1483
unsinewed?1541
wash1548
weakling1557
ladylike1566
silly1567
water weak1592
washya1631
wankle1686
foible1715
unmuscular1725
nerveless1792
wankly1795
shilpit1813
wankya1825
sinewless1829
weedy-looking1835
queachy1859
insubstantiala1861
paper-backed1888
weak-fleshed1967
the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > looking ill
wanc700
sunken?a1505
wersh?a1505
wearisha1535
waryish1565
sunk1578
chap-fallen1597
chop-fallen1604
squalid1661
sallow1747
sallowish1753
peaked1804
shilpit1813
shirpit1821
peely-wally1832
peakish1836
the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > paleness > [adjective]
blatec1000
whiteOE
greena1275
blakec1275
bleykea1300
wana1300
palec1330
bleach1340
pale and wan (wan and pale)c1374
colourlessc1380
deadlyc1385
deadc1386
bloodlessc1450
earthlyc1460
ruddylessc1460
wan visaged?a1513
wanny1555
as pale or white as a clout1557
bleak1566
mealy1566
pale-faced1570
ghastly1574
white-faced1577
bleakish1581
pallid1590
whiggish1590
tallow-faced1592
maid-pale1597
lily1600
whey-colour1602
lew1611
roseless1611
Hippocratical1615
cadaverousa1661
Hippocratic1681
smock-faced1684
white-looked1690
livid1728
as white (or pale) as a sheet1752
squalid1753
deathly1791
etiolated1791
light-skinned1802
suety1803
shilpit1813
blanched1828
tallowy1830
suet-faced1834
pasty1836
tallowish1838
whey-faced1847
pasty-faced1848
aghast1850
waxen1853
complexionless1863
light-skin1877
lily-cheeked1877
lardy1879
wan-faced1881
exsanguinous1889
wheatish1950
1813 E. Picken Misc. Poems I. 79 There Care nae shilpit face can shaw.
1818 S. E. Ferrier Marriage II. i. 13 The Laird, as he peered at her over his spectacles, pronounced her to be but a shilpit thing.
1820 Ld. Byron Let. 23 Apr. (1977) VII. 83 Abstemiousness has made my brain but a skilpit concern for a Scotch sitting ‘inter pocula’.
1896 S. R. Crockett Grey Man xxxiv. 230 My puir bit shilpit lassie.
2. Of liquor: Insipid, weak, thin.
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the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > insipidity > [adjective]
wallowc897
smatchless?c1225
unsavoury?c1225
fresha1398
savourlessa1398
wearish1398
wershed1398
fond?c1430
unsavoured1435
palled1440
mildc1450
walsh1513
wallowish1548
dead1552
waterish1566
cold1585
flatten1594
seasonless1595
wersha1599
blown1600
flash1601
fatuous1608
tasteless1611
flat1617
insipid1620
ingustable1623
flashy1625
flatted1626
saltless1633
gustless1636
remiss1655
rheumatical1655
untasteable1656
vapid1656
exolete1657
distasted1662
vappous1673
insulse1676
toothless1679
mawkisha1697
intastable1701
waugh1703
impoignant1733
flavourless1736
instimulating1740
deadish1742
mawky1755
brineless1791
wishy-washy1791
keestless1802
shilpit1814
wish-washy1814
sapidless1821
silent1826
slushy1839
bland1878
spendsavour1879
wish-wash1896
dolled1917
spiceless1980
the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [adjective] > weak or diluted
smallc1420
thinc1440
single1483
watered1540
smally1577
distempered1743
shilpit1814
seven-water grog1834
three-water1840
two-water1905
1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xi. 151 He pronounced the claret shilpit, and demanded brandy with great vociferation. View more context for this quotation
1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet III. vii. 210 Sherry's but shilpit drink.
3. (See quot. 1856.)
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1856 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. (new ed.) II. (Gloss.) 725/3 Shilpit (Scot.), applied to ill-filled ears of corn.
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