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wish⋅y-wash⋅y

  [wish-ee-wosh-ee, -waw-shee]
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–adjective
1. lacking in decisiveness; without strength or character; irresolute.
2. washy or watery, as a liquid; thin and weak.
Origin:
1685–95; gradational compound based on washy

Related forms:
wish⋅y-wash⋅i⋅ly, adverb
wish⋅y-wash⋅i⋅ness, noun
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wishy-washy [ˈwɪʃiˈwɑʃi]

  1. mod.
    indecisive; insipid; weak. : Don't be such a wishy-washy wimp.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

wishy-washy 
1693, "feeble or poor in quality," reduplication of washy "thin, watery" (see wash). Meaning "vacillating" first recorded 1873.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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