wimpy, a. slang (orig. U.S.).
(ˈwɪmpɪ)
[f. wimp2 + -y1.]
= wimpish a.
| 1967 Current Slang Spring 5, [1964] Wimpy, stupid or sluggish. 1969 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. li. 16 Wimpy, spineless. 1977 D. Linzee Discretion (1981) i. 16 ‘It is exquisite.’ ‘I think it's kind of a wimpy little picture, personally. 1977 Sounds 9 July 31/1, I vaguely anticipated something wimpy and limpy prattling about San Francisco and love and peace man. 1980 High Fidelity June 106/2 The Seventies witnessed macho rock & rollers sneering at singer/songwriters as ‘wimpy’. 1984 Nutshell (Gainesville ed.) Spring 52/2, I was this little wimpy kid in elementary school and high school. 1984 Melody Maker 6 Oct. 15/4 Dennis had a brilliant artist last summer, really strong drawings, but now it's gone back to being a bit wimpy. |
Hence ˈwimpiness = wimpishness.
| 1982 Chicago Sun-Times 1 Sept. 54 (caption) Wanna be a political activist? Are you held back by wimpiness? |