Slim \Slim\, a. [Compar. Slimmer; superl. Slimmest.]

[Formerly, bad, worthless, weak, slight, awry, fr. D. slim; akin to G. schlimm, MHG. slimp oblique, awry; of uncertain origin. The meaning of the English word seems to have been influenced by slender.]

1. Worthless; bad. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

2. Weak; slight; unsubstantial; poor; as, a slim argument. ``That was a slim excuse.'' --Barrow.

3. Of small diameter or thickness in proportion to the height or length; slender; as, a slim person; a slim tree. --Grose.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)