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adjective

Washy adj.

Watery; damp; soft. "Washy ooze."

Lacking substance or strength; weak; thin; dilute; feeble; as, washy tea; washy resolutions. " A polish... not over thin and washy."

Not firm or hardy; liable to sweat profusely with labor; as, a washy horse. (Local, U. S.)

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Etymology of 'Washy'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Washy" Quotes from Famous Books

... the right sort of thing—no wishy-washy snivelling about a wounded heart and all that kind of stuff, but savage sarcasm, the lava of a volcanic spirit. In a fine prophetic strain is that vision of Amy's feelings as the inebriated nawab stumbles hazily into the drawing-room, steaming fulsomely of chilma! And that ...

— The Bon Gaultier Ballads • William Edmonstoune Aytoun

... her power as it were, he must speak. I fear that what he said will not be approved by any strong-minded reader. I fear that our lover will henceforth be considered by such a one as being a weak, wishy-washy man, who had hardly any mind of his own to speak of;—that he was a man of no account, as the poor people say. "Miss Prettyman, what message ought I to send to her?" ...

— The Last Chronicle of Barset • Anthony Trollope

... felt alarms, Finding the fair one prostitute her charms With broken sighs, in her old fumbler's arms: But for our spark, he swears he'll ne'er be jealous Of any rivals, but young lusty fellows. Faith, let him try his chance, and if the slave, After his bragging, prove a washy knave, May he be banished to some lonely den And never more have leave to dip his pen. But if he be the champion he pretends, Both sexes sure will join to be his friends, For all agree, where all can have their ends. And you must own him for a man of might, If he holds ...

— The Comedies of William Congreve - Volume 1 [of 2] • William Congreve

... married O let them all go and smother themselves for the fat lot I care he has plenty of money and hes not a marrying man so somebody better get it out of him if I could find out whether he likes me I looked a bit washy of course when I looked close in the handglass powdering a mirror never gives you the expression besides scrooching down on me like that all the time with his big hipbones hes heavy too with his hairy chest for this heat always having to lie down for them better for him put it into ...

— Ulysses • James Joyce

... know it's all right," he blundered ahead tactlessly—the gleam in her eye should have warned him that he might have omitted that reassurance—"but just the looks of the thing. And he's such a weak and wishy-washy little nonentity!" ...

— The Gray Dawn • Stewart Edward White

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