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slim

/sˈlɪm/SLIM
/sˈlɪm/SLIM

Meaningawry, crafty

Common meaning: slender, thin

Journey through time

  1. Old Dutchslim‘awry, slanting, crafty’source
  2. Early English spellingslim‘crafty, then slender’source
  3. Englishslim‘slender, thin’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old Dutch slim ‘awry, crafty’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry SLIM, p. 562 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • slim Old Dutch “awry, crafty”

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