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Wishy-washy   /wˈɪʃi-wˈɑʃi/   Listen
noun
Wishy-washy  n.  A weak or thin drink or liquor; wish-wash.



adjective
Wishy-washy  adj.  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."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Wishy-washy" Quotes from Famous Books



... admitted the hardship o' the case, but advised me to be as patient under't as I could—a wishy-washy aneuch sort o' advice; but it was a', I dare ...
— Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III • Various

... bedevilment in your breast and stomach. When she gets into "Gemini," the same in your arms and shoulders. When she is in "Scorpio" your bowels and belly are in danger, and so on all through your body; so that we might well enough wish the moon were wholly abolished; for the little wishy-washy light she gives to lovers and thieves is not at all a ...
— The Galaxy - Vol. 23, No. 1 • Various



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