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runty

adj

Etymology

From runt + -y.

Definitions

  1. Having the characteristics of a runt

    Having the characteristics of a runt; small and stunted; diminutive.

    • From the light above us thin shadows flickered and a runty little image of the defiance in front of me fell on to the table. […] The little runt was still singed and groggy […]
    • Only later did I discover that a runty old almond tree, hidden behind a laburnum, riddled with peach leaf curl, […]
    • Nopcsa’s dinosaurs were not only runty, but primitive as well.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA