washy - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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Proto-Indo-European *wed-

Proto-Indo-European *wodsḱéti

English washy

From wash + -y.

washy (comparative washier, superlative washiest)

1. Watery; damp; soft.
2. Lacking substance or strength; weak; thin; dilute; feeble.
   washy tea
   washy resolutions
3. (US, dialect, archaic or horse racing) Not firm or hardy; liable to sweat profusely with labour.
   Synonym: washed out
   a washy horse

• wishy-washy

washy (plural washies)

1. (childish or poetic, rare) A wash, an act of washing.
   Swishy, swishy, swashy. Give your hands a washy.