slender
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- From Middle English slendre, sclendre, from Old French esclendre ("thin, slender"), from Old Dutch slinder ("thin, lank"), from Proto-Germanic *slindraz ("sliding, slippery"), from Proto-Indo-European *sleydĘ°- ("to slip"). Cognate with Bavarian Schlenderling ("that which dangles"), German schlendern ("to saunter, stroll"), Dutch slidderen, slinderen, Low German slindern ("to slide on ice"). More at slide, slither.
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