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English Dictionary: wishy-washy by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wishy-washy
adj
  1. weak in willpower, courage or vitality [syn: {namby- pamby}, gutless, spineless, wishy-washy]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wishy-washy \Wish"y-wash`y\, a. [See {Wash}.]
      Thin and pale; weak; without strength or substance; --
      originally said of liquids. Fig., weak-minded; spiritless.
  
               A weak wishy-washy man who had hardly any mind of his
               own.                                                      --A. Trollope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wishy-washy \Wish"y-wash`y\, n.
      A weak or thin drink or liquor; wish-wash.
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