
Noah Webster
Slenderness
SLEN'DERNESS, noun Thinness; smallness of diameter in proportion to the length; as the slenderness of a hair.
2. Want of bulk or strength; as the slenderness of a cord or chain.
3. Weakness; slightness; as the slenderness of a reason.
4. Weakness; feebleness; as the slenderness of a constitution.
5. Want of plenty; as the slenderness of supply.
6. Spareness; as slenderness of diet.