a. [f. THIN a. + -ISH1.] Somewhat thin; tending to thinness.

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1545.  Raynold, Byrth Mankynde, 139. Her vryne shall appeare whyte and thynnyssh.

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1780.  C. A. Burney, in Mme. D’Arblay’s Early Diary (1889), II. 289. The Masquerade at the Pantheon was rather thinnish.

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1827.  F. Cooper, Prairie, I. ii. 30. They told us … we should find settlers something thinnish hereaway.

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1884.  Century Mag., XXIX. 138/1. My somewhat slight figure and thinnish legs.

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