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scrawny

adj
/ˈskɹɔːni/UK/ˈskɹɔni/US/ˈskɹɑni/

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”).

  1. derived from skrælna
  2. derived from skran — “rubbish; junk”

Definitions

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