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Wishy-Washy
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
A weak or thin drink or liquor; wish-wash.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Thin and pale; weak; without strength or substance; -- originally said of liquids. Fig., weak-minded; spiritless. A weak wishy-washy man who had hardly any mind of his own. A. Trollope.