Talk:sleazy
Latest comment: 5 years ago by Equinox in topic Etymology
Etymology edit
Etymology in Webster's New World Dictionary (ed. D.B. Guralnik; 1959; pbk.; 632 pp.):
[< obs. Sleasie, cloth made in Silesia, Germany]
—Strabismus 20:19, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
- Chambers 1908 suggests German schleissig (“worn out, readily split”), which fits the "thin and flimsy" sense. Equinox ◑ 21:08, 6 October 2018 (UTC)