Slim, a.

a. [compar. SLIMMER; superl. SLIMMEST.] [D. & M. H. Ger. slim, L. Ger. slimm, N. H. Ger. schlimm, Sw. & Dan. slem, Icel. slæmr, ill, bad.]

1. Of small diameter or thickness in proportion to the height; slender; as, a slim person; a slim tree. Grose.
2. Weak; slight; unsubstantial. “A slim excuse.” Barrow.
3. Worthless; bad. [Scot. and Prov. Eng.]