slender
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
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.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Adjective
slender (comparative slenderer, superlative slenderest)
- Thin; slim.
- A rod is a long slender pole used for angling.
- (Irish language) palatalized
[edit] Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:scrawny
[edit] Antonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:obese
[edit] Translations
thin
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