slender

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From Middle English slendre, sclendre, from Old French esclendre (thin, slender), of Germanic origin, from Old Dutch slinder (thin, lank), from Proto-Germanic *slindraz (sliding, slippery), from Proto-Indo-European *sleidh- (to slip). Cognate with Bavarian Schlenderling (that which dangles), German schlendern (to saunter, stroll), Dutch slidderen, slinderen (to wriggle, creep like a serpent), Low German slindern (to slide on ice). More at slide, slither.

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slender (comparative slenderer, superlative slenderest)

  1. Thin; slim.
    A rod is a long slender pole used for angling.
  2. (Irish language) palatalized

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