Borrowing from Dutch slim ("bad, sly, clever"), from Middle Dutch slim ("bad, crooked"), from Old Dutch *slimb, from Proto-Germanic *slimbaz ("oblique, crooked"). Compare Dutch slim ("smart, clever, crafty") Middle High German slimp ("slanting, awry"), German schlimm ("bad"), West Frisian slim ("bad, dire").
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