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

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  1. a. Thin and pale; weak; without strength or substance; -- originally said of liquids. Fig., weak-minded">weak-minded; spiritless.
  2. n. A weak or thin drink or liquor; wish-wash.
  3. adj. lacking courage or vitality
  4. Thin and pale; weak; without strength or substance; -- originally said of liquids. Fig., weak-minded">weak-minded; spiritless. A weak wishy-washy man who had hardly any mind of his own. A. Trollope. A weak or thin drink or liquor; wish-wash.
  5. Thin and pale; weak; without strength or substance; --originally said of liquids. Fig., weak-minded">weak-minded; spiritless.A weak wishy-washy man who had hardly any mind of his own. A.Trollope.
  6. j:100 s weak in willpower, courage or vitality