See flimsies in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "flimsy",
"3": "-ies",
"pos1": "a"
},
"expansion": "flimsy (adjective) + -ies",
"name": "affix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "suffix"
},
"expansion": "suffix",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "plural"
},
"expansion": "plural",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun"
},
"expansion": "noun",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "third person"
},
"expansion": "third person",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "singular"
},
"expansion": "singular",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "present"
},
"expansion": "present",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "indicative"
},
"expansion": "indicative",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "verb"
},
"expansion": "verb",
"name": "glossary"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From flimsy (adjective) + -ies (variant of -es (suffix forming regular plurals of some nouns; and the third person singular present indicative forms of some regular verbs)).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "p"
},
"expansion": "flimsies pl (plural only)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"flim",
"sies"
]
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "12 41 47",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English pluralia tantum",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
198,
206
]
],
"ref": "2007 October 25, Ruth La Ferla, “Now it's nobody's secret”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:",
"text": "Choosing lingerie \"is about what makes you look good, but also what looks good with or through your clothing,\" said Monica Mitro, a spokeswoman for Victoria's Secret, the brand that catapulted racy flimsies into the public eye.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Skimpy underwear."
],
"id": "en-flimsies-en-noun-G76cdgJM",
"links": [
[
"Skimpy",
"skimpy#Adjective"
],
[
"underwear",
"underwear"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) Skimpy underwear."
],
"tags": [
"informal",
"plural",
"plural-only"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈflɪmziz/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
}
],
"word": "flimsies"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "flimsy",
"3": "-ies",
"pos1": "a"
},
"expansion": "flimsy (adjective) + -ies",
"name": "affix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "suffix"
},
"expansion": "suffix",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "plural"
},
"expansion": "plural",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun"
},
"expansion": "noun",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "third person"
},
"expansion": "third person",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "singular"
},
"expansion": "singular",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "present"
},
"expansion": "present",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "indicative"
},
"expansion": "indicative",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "verb"
},
"expansion": "verb",
"name": "glossary"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From flimsy (adjective) + -ies (variant of -es (suffix forming regular plurals of some nouns; and the third person singular present indicative forms of some regular verbs)).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "noun form"
},
"expansion": "flimsies",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"flim",
"sies"
]
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "12 41 47",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English pluralia tantum",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "flimsy"
}
],
"glosses": [
"plural of flimsy"
],
"id": "en-flimsies-en-noun-Q~XbSy7K",
"links": [
[
"flimsy",
"flimsy#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"plural"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈflɪmziz/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
}
],
"word": "flimsies"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "flimsy",
"3": "-ies",
"pos1": "a"
},
"expansion": "flimsy (adjective) + -ies",
"name": "affix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "suffix"
},
"expansion": "suffix",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "plural"
},
"expansion": "plural",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun"
},
"expansion": "noun",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "third person"
},
"expansion": "third person",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "singular"
},
"expansion": "singular",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "present"
},
"expansion": "present",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "indicative"
},
"expansion": "indicative",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "verb"
},
"expansion": "verb",
"name": "glossary"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From flimsy (adjective) + -ies (variant of -es (suffix forming regular plurals of some nouns; and the third person singular present indicative forms of some regular verbs)).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "flimsies",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"flim",
"sies"
]
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "5 8 86",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "12 41 47",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English pluralia tantum",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "12 18 70",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -ies",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "2 7 90",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 7 91",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "flimsy"
}
],
"glosses": [
"third-person singular simple present indicative of flimsy"
],
"id": "en-flimsies-en-verb-1RtfCW4j",
"links": [
[
"flimsy",
"flimsy#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"indicative",
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈflɪmziz/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
}
],
"word": "flimsies"
}
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English non-lemma forms",
"English noun forms",
"English nouns",
"English pluralia tantum",
"English terms suffixed with -ies",
"English verb forms",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "flimsy",
"3": "-ies",
"pos1": "a"
},
"expansion": "flimsy (adjective) + -ies",
"name": "affix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "suffix"
},
"expansion": "suffix",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "plural"
},
"expansion": "plural",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun"
},
"expansion": "noun",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "third person"
},
"expansion": "third person",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "singular"
},
"expansion": "singular",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "present"
},
"expansion": "present",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "indicative"
},
"expansion": "indicative",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "verb"
},
"expansion": "verb",
"name": "glossary"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From flimsy (adjective) + -ies (variant of -es (suffix forming regular plurals of some nouns; and the third person singular present indicative forms of some regular verbs)).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "p"
},
"expansion": "flimsies pl (plural only)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"flim",
"sies"
]
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English informal terms",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
198,
206
]
],
"ref": "2007 October 25, Ruth La Ferla, “Now it's nobody's secret”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:",
"text": "Choosing lingerie \"is about what makes you look good, but also what looks good with or through your clothing,\" said Monica Mitro, a spokeswoman for Victoria's Secret, the brand that catapulted racy flimsies into the public eye.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Skimpy underwear."
],
"links": [
[
"Skimpy",
"skimpy#Adjective"
],
[
"underwear",
"underwear"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) Skimpy underwear."
],
"tags": [
"informal",
"plural",
"plural-only"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈflɪmziz/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
}
],
"word": "flimsies"
}
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English non-lemma forms",
"English noun forms",
"English nouns",
"English pluralia tantum",
"English terms suffixed with -ies",
"English verb forms",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "flimsy",
"3": "-ies",
"pos1": "a"
},
"expansion": "flimsy (adjective) + -ies",
"name": "affix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "suffix"
},
"expansion": "suffix",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "plural"
},
"expansion": "plural",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun"
},
"expansion": "noun",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "third person"
},
"expansion": "third person",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "singular"
},
"expansion": "singular",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "present"
},
"expansion": "present",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "indicative"
},
"expansion": "indicative",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "verb"
},
"expansion": "verb",
"name": "glossary"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From flimsy (adjective) + -ies (variant of -es (suffix forming regular plurals of some nouns; and the third person singular present indicative forms of some regular verbs)).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "noun form"
},
"expansion": "flimsies",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"flim",
"sies"
]
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "flimsy"
}
],
"glosses": [
"plural of flimsy"
],
"links": [
[
"flimsy",
"flimsy#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"plural"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈflɪmziz/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
}
],
"word": "flimsies"
}
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English non-lemma forms",
"English noun forms",
"English nouns",
"English pluralia tantum",
"English terms suffixed with -ies",
"English verb forms",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "flimsy",
"3": "-ies",
"pos1": "a"
},
"expansion": "flimsy (adjective) + -ies",
"name": "affix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "suffix"
},
"expansion": "suffix",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "plural"
},
"expansion": "plural",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun"
},
"expansion": "noun",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "third person"
},
"expansion": "third person",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "singular"
},
"expansion": "singular",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "present"
},
"expansion": "present",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "indicative"
},
"expansion": "indicative",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "verb"
},
"expansion": "verb",
"name": "glossary"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From flimsy (adjective) + -ies (variant of -es (suffix forming regular plurals of some nouns; and the third person singular present indicative forms of some regular verbs)).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "flimsies",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"flim",
"sies"
]
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "flimsy"
}
],
"glosses": [
"third-person singular simple present indicative of flimsy"
],
"links": [
[
"flimsy",
"flimsy#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"indicative",
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈflɪmziz/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
}
],
"word": "flimsies"
}
Download raw JSONL data for flimsies meaning in English (5.6kB)
{
"called_from": "form_description/20250107",
"msg": "Form tags without form: desc='plural plural-only', tagsets=[('plural', 'plural-only')]",
"path": [
"flimsies"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "flimsies",
"trace": ""
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-02-11 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-02-01 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 59dc20b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.