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Word entry · 7 letters

scrawny

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"Thin and bony"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈskɹɔːni/Part of speech adjectiveSorted acnrswyStarts with SEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Very thin, bony, or underfed-looking.

Word origin

A variant of dialectal scranny (“thin; lean; scraggy; poor; scanty; of inferior quality”), perhaps from Old Norse skran (“rubbish; junk”) + -y. Compare Norwegian skran (“lean, thin, skinny”), English scrannel (“lean; meager; poor; worthless”).

Used in a sentence

  • “Tell him, in these words, that I will have his scrawny bones before me now. Tell him, Byar, and bring him if you must arrest him and those filthy wretches who disgrace the Children. Go.”

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