thinnish, a.
(ˈθɪnɪʃ)
[f. thin a. + -ish1.]
Somewhat thin; tending to thinness.
| 1545 T. Raynalde Byrth Mankynde 139 Her vryne shall appeare whyte and thynnyssh. 1780 C. A. Burney in Mme. D'Arblay's Early Diary (1889) II. 289 The Masquerade at the Pantheon was rather thinnish. 1827 F. Cooper Prairie I. ii. 30 They told us..we should find settlers something thinnish hereaway. 1884 Century Mag. XXIX. 138/1 My somewhat slight figure and thinnish legs. |