wishy-washy

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:26:14

Wish"y-wash`y (?), a. [See Wash.]

Thin and pale; weak; without strength or substance; -- originally said of liquids. Fig., weak-minded; spiritless.

A weak wishy-washy man who had hardly any mind of his own. A. Trollope.

 

© Webster 1913.


Wish"y-wash`y, n.

A weak or thin drink or liquor; wish-wash.

 

© Webster 1913.

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