Flimsiness
11delicacy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sensitiveness, tact, nicety; frailty, daintiness, exactness; tidbit, dainty; discrimination, taste, fastidiousness. See beauty, food, skill, pleasure, brittleness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Fineness of… …
12frailty — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Quality of being weak] Syn. fragility, weakness, debility, delicacy, infirmity, feebleness, decrepitude, daintiness, puniness, slightness, frangibility, susceptibility, brittleness, softness, flaccidity, unsubstantiality,… …
13shoddiness — noun 1. the quality of being cheaply imitative of something better • Syn: ↑trashiness • Derivationally related forms: ↑trashy (for: ↑trashiness), ↑shoddy • Hypernyms: ↑ …
14Gauziness — Gauz i*ness, n. The quality of being gauzy; flimsiness. Ruskin. [1913 Webster] …
15flimsy — I. adjective (flimsier; est) Etymology: perhaps alteration of 1film + sy (as in tricksy) Date: circa 1702 1. a. lacking in physical strength or substance < flimsy silks > b. of inferior materials and workmanship 2 …
16Suspension of disbelief — or willing suspension of disbelief is an aesthetic theory intended to characterize people s relationships to art. It was coined by the poet and aesthetic philosopher Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1817. It refers to the willingness of a person to… …
17James Mill — Infobox Philosopher region = Historian/Philosopher |thumb|James Mill] image caption = James Mill name = James Mill birth = 8 April 1773 death = 23 June 1836 James Mill (6 April 1773 ndash; 23 June 1836) was a Scottish historian, economist,… …
18Ross rifle — Infobox Weapon|is ranged=yes caption= name=Ross type=Rifle origin=Canada era=Modern platform=Individual target=Personnel design date=1903 production date=1903 ? service=1905 1916 used by=Canada, Commonwealth wars=First World War spec type=battle… …
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20East German jokes — The jokes of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) frequently included political characters, had an eye towards life in East Germany and the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) ( Genossenwitze , party member jokes; Honeckerwitze , jokes about… …
