weakien.adj.
/ˈwiːki/ slang.
a. A person who is weak in constitution, character, or ability; a weakling. Chiefly Australian.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > sick person > [noun] > weak person
dwininga1400
molla1425
impotenta1513
gristlea1556
weakling1576
puler1579
puling1579
shadow1588
shotten herring1598
doddle1681
sickrel1699
seven-months1724
wandought1726
wallydraigle1736
wreck1795
werewolf1808
windlestraw1818
weed1825
shammock1828
sickling1834
forcible feeble1844
dwindle1847
weedling1849
crock1876
feebling1887
asthenic1893
dodderer1907
pencil-neck1956
burnt-out case1959
weakie1959
the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily weakness > [noun] > one who is weak
feeble1340
weakie1959
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > weakness of character or will > person of weak character or will
mush-head1846
to be putty in a person's hands1867
invertebrate1869
jellyfish1883
zob1911
akratic1913
Milquetoast1932
weakie1959
1959 D. Hewett Bobbin Up (1961) viii. 101 ‘Don't overdo it son. Leave it go for a while. It's too damned hot out.’ ‘What d'ya think I am..a weaky.’
1965 W. Dick Bunch of Ratbags vi. 91 He would be branded a weakie—in other words, yellow.
b. spec. in Chess. A poor player.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [noun] > player > poor or frivolous player
skittler1868
patzer1948
weakie1962
1962 Harper's Mag. Jan. 51/1 I don't listen to weakies (Bobby [Fischer]'s term for non-chess players or for chess players who are weaker than himself).
1977 Guardian Weekly 17 July 23/4 Tony opted for a conservative approach drawing briefly with the favourites and beating the weakies [in a chess tournament].
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n.adj.1959