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Date: 1900-2000
Origin: Perhaps from whimper

wimp

1 noun
     
wimp1 [countable] informal
1 someone who has a weak character and is afraid to do something difficult or unpleasant:
Don't be such a wimp!
2 a man who is thin and physically weak
—wimpish, wimpy adjective
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