Crossword clues for washy
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Washy \Wash"y\, a. [From Wash.]
Watery; damp; soft. ``Washy ooze.''
--Milton.-
Lacking substance or strength; weak; thin; dilute; feeble; as, washy tea; washy resolutions.
A polish . . . not over thin and washy.
--Sir H. Wotton. Not firm or hardy; liable to sweat profusely with labor; as, a washy horse. [Local, U. S.]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1610s, "over-diluted," from wash (n.) + -y (2). Sense of "feeble, weak" is from 1630s. Related: Washiness.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Watery; damp; soft. 2 Lacking substance or strength; weak; thin; dilute; feeble. 3 (context US dialect archaic English) Not firm or hardy; liable to sweat profusely with labour.
WordNet
adj. lacking strength or vigor; "a washy handshake"; "washy prose"
overly diluted; thin and insipid; "washy coffee"; "watery milk"; "weak tea" [syn: watery, weak]
having lost freshness or brilliance of color; "sun-bleached deck chairs"; "faded jeans"; "a very pale washed-out blue"; "washy colors" [syn: bleached, faded, washed-out]
Usage examples of "washy".
Archie one afternoon some weeks after the episode of Washy, in his suite at the Hotel Cosmopolis, where he was cementing with cigarettes and pleasant conversation his renewed friendship with Wilson Hymack, whom he had first met in the neighbourhood of Armentieres during the war.
Kandersteg: gelding, washy chestnut, three white socks, both forelegs and near hind.
Below he could just make out the washy seafoam, pale against the black water.