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scran⋅nel
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–adjective
Archaic
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1.
thin or slight.
2.
squeaky or unmelodious.
Origin:
1630–40;
orig. uncert.
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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scrannel
"thin, meager," 1637; any modern use traces to John Milton ("Lycidas," 124), who may have invented it from dial.
scranny
(see
scrawny
). Or from a Scand. source akin to Norw.
skran
"rubbish."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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