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Slender

//ˈslɛndə// adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective

1
Thin; slim.
"A rod is a long slender pole used for angling."
2
Meagre; deficient. figuratively
"Being a person of slender means, he was unable to afford any luxuries."
3
Palatalized.

Adjective

1
being of delicate or slender build wordnet
2
small in quantity wordnet
3
having little width in proportion to the length or height wordnet
4
very narrow wordnet

Noun

1
A simple country gentleman. UK, obsolete, slang
"[…] the fantastic pilgrimages imposed on the "Cousin Slenders" of the world by their more facetious comrades […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English slendre, sclendre, from Old French esclendre (“thin, slender”), from Middle Dutch slinder (“thin, lank”), from Proto-Germanic *slindraz (“sliding, slippery”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleydʰ- (“to slip”). Cognate with Bavarian Schlenderling (“that which dangles”), German schlendern (“to saunter, stroll”), Dutch slidderen, slinderen (“to wriggle, creep like a serpent”), Low German slindern (“to slide on ice”). More at slide, slither.

Etymology 2

From the character of Abraham Slender in Shakespeare's play The Merry Wives of Windsor.

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