FLIM'SY, adjective s as z. [The word is retained by the common people in New England in limsy, weak, limber, easily bending.] 1. Weak; feeble; slight; vain; without strength or solid substance; as a flimsy pretext; a flimsy excuse; flimsy objections. 2. Without strength or force; spiritless. Proud of a vast extent of flimsy lines. 3. Thin; of loose texture; as flimsy cloth or stuff. [Little used.]
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI