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scrawn⋅y

[skraw-nee]
–adjective, scrawn⋅i⋅er, scrawn⋅i⋅est.
excessively thin; lean; scraggy: a long, scrawny neck.

Origin:
1825–35, Americanism; var. of dial. scranny < Norw skran lean + -y 1


scrawn⋅i⋅ly, adverb
scrawn⋅i⋅ness, noun


gaunt, emaciated.


fleshy, plump.
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