FLIMSY

flimsy. Flimsy, a. thin, flight, limber, weak, mean, poor

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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.