scrawny

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Scrabble points: 15
Words With Friends: 16
Letters: 7

Pronunciation

/ˈskɹɔːni/(UK)

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/ˈskɹɔːni/(UK) · /ˈskɹɔni/(US) · /ˈskɹɑni/

Definition of scrawny

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

Thin, malnourished, and weak.

““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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Etymology

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”). Alternatively, perhaps from Old Norse skrælna (“to be shrivelled”).

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