slender
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
slender/ˈslendə(r)/
▶adjective (slenderer, slenderest)
- 1 gracefully thin.
- 2 barely sufficient: people of slender means.
– derivatives
slenderize (or slenderise) verb (chiefly N. Amer.),
slenderly adverb,
slenderness noun.
slenderize (or slenderise) verb (chiefly N. Amer.),
slenderly adverb,
slenderness noun.
– origin ME: of unknown origin.
'slender' also found in these Oxford entries:
agrimony
- arrowgrass
- arrow worm
- asphodel
- assegai
- attenuate
- auger shell
- avocet
- barracouta
- barracuda
- basilisk
- bedstraw
- bill
- birch
- black-eyed Susan
- candiru
- cane
- casuarina
- catalpa
- cirrus
- civet
- club
- coachwood
- cockatiel
- coelurosaur
- colobus
- cornflower
- crane fly
- damselfly
- darner
- diplodocus
- Douglas fir
- dove tree
- dragonfish
- driftfish
- eel
- einkorn
- emerald
- enoki
- fibril
- filament
- finger
- flagellum
- flèche
- foraminifer
- garfish
- gazelle
- gerenuk
- gibbon
- goat's beard
