washy

wash·y

[wosh-ee, waw-shee]
adjective, wash·i·er, wash·i·est.
1.
diluted too much; weak: washy coffee.
2.
pale, thin, or weak, as if from excessive dilution; pallid: washy coloring.

Origin:
1560–70; wash + -y1

Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source Link To washy
Collins
World English Dictionary
washy (ˈwɒʃɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj , washier, washiest
1.  overdiluted, watery, or weak
2.  lacking intensity or strength
 
'washily
 
adv
 
'washiness
 
n

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
00:10
Washy is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT