| Pronunciation: | | 'wâshee
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- [adj] having lost freshness or brilliance of color; "sun-bleached deck chairs"; "faded jeans"; "a very pale washed-out blue"; "washy colors"
- [adj] overly diluted; thin and insipid; "washy coffee"; "watery milk"; "weak tea"
- [adj] lacking strength or vigor; "a washy handshake"; "washy prose"
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| | Synonyms: | | bleached, colorless, colourless, dilute, diluted, faded, washed-out, watery, weak |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Wash"y\, a. [From {Wash}.]
1. Watery; damp; soft. ``Washy ooze.'' --Milton.
2. Lacking substance or strength; weak; thin; dilute; feeble;
as, washy tea; washy resolutions.
A polish . . . not over thin and washy. --Sir H.
Wotton.
3. Not firm or hardy; liable to sweat profusely with labor;
as, a washy horse. [Local, U. S.]
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