Hypertext Webster Gateway: "washy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Washy \Wash"y\, a. [From {Wash}.]
1. Watery; damp; soft. ``Washy ooze.'' --Milton.
2. Lacking substance or strength; weak; thin; dilute; feeble;
as, washy tea; washy resolutions.
A polish . . . not over thin and washy. --Sir H.
Wotton.
3. Not firm or hardy; liable to sweat profusely with labor;
as, a washy horse. [Local, U. S.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
washy
adj 1: lacking strength or vigor; "a washy handshake"; "washy
prose"
2: overly diluted; thin and insipid; "washy coffee"; "watery
milk"; "weak tea" [syn: {watery}, {weak}]
3: 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}]
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