scrawnyadj.

Brit.

/ˈskrɔːni/, U.S.

/ˈskrɔni/,

/ˈskrɑni/

Etymology: Variant of scranny adj.¹

Originally U.S.

Lean, scraggy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [adjective] > thin

leanc1000

thinc1000

swonga1300

meagrea1398

empty?c1400

(as) thin (also lean, rank) as a rakec1405

macilent?a1425

rawc1425

gauntc1440

to be skin and bone (also bones)c1450

leany?a1475

swampc1480

scarrya1500

pinched1514

extenuate1528

lean-fleshed1535

carrion-lean1542

spare1548

lank1553

carrion1565

brawn-fallen1578

raw-bone1590

scraggeda1591

thin-bellied1591

rake-lean1593

bare-boned1594

forlorn1594

Lented1594

lean-looked1597

shotten herring1598

spiny1598

starved1598

thin-belly1598

raw-boned1600

larbar1603

meagry?1603

fleshless1605

scraggy1611

ballow1612

lank-leana1616

skinnya1616

hagged1616

scraggling1616

carrion-like1620

extenuated1620

thin-gutted1620

haggard1630

scrannel1638

leanisha1645

skeletontal1651

overlean1657

emaciated1665

slank1668

lathy1672

emaciate1676

nithered1691

emacerated1704

lean-looking1713

scranky1735

squinny-gut(s)1742

mauger1756

squinny1784

angular1789

etiolated1791

as thin (also lean) as a rail1795

wiry1808

slink1817

scranny1820

famine-hollowed1822

sharp featured1824

reedy1830

scrawny1833

stringy1833

lean-ribbeda1845

skeletony1852

famine-pinched1856

shelly1866

flesh-fallen1876

thinnish1884

all horn and hide1890

unfurnished1893

bone-thin1899

underweight1899

asthenic1925

skin-and-bony1935

skinny-malinky1940

skeletal1952

pencil-neck1960

society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [adjective] > bad > illegible or untidy

unlegible1451

foul?1467

scribbled1550

scribbling1592

crabbed1612

hieroglyphical1613

scrabbled1625

illegible1640

unreadable1655

scribbly1659

pot-hook1674

scrawlinga1754

undecipherable1758

scribblative1829

scrawly1833

scrawny1833

scrawled1848

hieroglyphic1856

pot-hooky1867

scriggly1896

chicken scratch1933

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by poor growth > [adjective] > stunted or underdeveloped

wanthriven1508

scrubby1591

unthriven1680

nithered1691

strunty1756

stinted1759

starved1785

nirled1808

scrunty1811

scrawny1883

1833 Mrs. Stowe in C. E. Stowe Life (1889) 70 The envelope was written in a scrawny, scrawly, gentleman's hand.

1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 26 Yon pale scrawny fisher fools, Gaunt as bitterns in the pools.

1876 C. D. Warner Winter on Nile ii. 35 What a lot of scrawny old women.

1883 W. H. Bishop Old Mexico xxiii. 333 The..tough, fragrant, but scrawny, eucalyptus is much in use as a shade-tree.

1946 D. C. Peattie Road of Naturalist (U.K. ed.) iv. 43 The one where my scrawny, bronchitic body would find itself was stone-cold, a dirty grey, so I would mentally adjourn to the other.

1977 J. F. Fixx Compl. Bk. Running vi. 80 Frank Shorter, who won an Olympic gold medal in the 1972 marathon, is 5 feet 10½ inches and weighs a scrawny 134.

1977 New Yorker 27 June 59/2 This beautiful beast that I, a scrawny little thing, am destroying.

Derivatives

ˈscrawniness n. scragginess.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [noun] > thin shape > state of having

leannessa1000

boninessa1398

macilence?a1425

meagreness?a1425

macies?a1450

meagrec1450

povertya1475

bareness1552

extenuation1576

poorness1577

gauntness1607

lankness1611

macilencya1631

spareness1648

emaceration1656

emaciation1662

skinniness1688

angularity1822

thinness1827

pinchedness1857

scrawniness1863

scragginess1865

wizenedness1887

1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home II. 280 I often found,..in the persons of such of my dear countrywomen as I now occasionally met, a certain meagreness, (Heaven forbid that I should call it scrawniness!)

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	scrawny
释义	scrawnyadj. Brit. /ˈskrɔːni/, U.S. /ˈskrɔni/, /ˈskrɑni/ Etymology: Variant of scranny adj.¹ Originally U.S. Lean, scraggy. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [adjective] > thin leanc1000 thinc1000 swonga1300 meagrea1398 empty?c1400 (as) thin (also lean, rank) as a rakec1405 macilent?a1425 rawc1425 gauntc1440 to be skin and bone (also bones)c1450 leany?a1475 swampc1480 scarrya1500 pinched1514 extenuate1528 lean-fleshed1535 carrion-lean1542 spare1548 lank1553 carrion1565 brawn-fallen1578 raw-bone1590 scraggeda1591 thin-bellied1591 rake-lean1593 bare-boned1594 forlorn1594 Lented1594 lean-looked1597 shotten herring1598 spiny1598 starved1598 thin-belly1598 raw-boned1600 larbar1603 meagry?1603 fleshless1605 scraggy1611 ballow1612 lank-leana1616 skinnya1616 hagged1616 scraggling1616 carrion-like1620 extenuated1620 thin-gutted1620 haggard1630 scrannel1638 leanisha1645 skeletontal1651 overlean1657 emaciated1665 slank1668 lathy1672 emaciate1676 nithered1691 emacerated1704 lean-looking1713 scranky1735 squinny-gut(s)1742 mauger1756 squinny1784 angular1789 etiolated1791 as thin (also lean) as a rail1795 wiry1808 slink1817 scranny1820 famine-hollowed1822 sharp featured1824 reedy1830 scrawny1833 stringy1833 lean-ribbeda1845 skeletony1852 famine-pinched1856 shelly1866 flesh-fallen1876 thinnish1884 all horn and hide1890 unfurnished1893 bone-thin1899 underweight1899 asthenic1925 skin-and-bony1935 skinny-malinky1940 skeletal1952 pencil-neck1960 society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [adjective] > bad > illegible or untidy unlegible1451 foul?1467 scribbled1550 scribbling1592 crabbed1612 hieroglyphical1613 scrabbled1625 illegible1640 unreadable1655 scribbly1659 pot-hook1674 scrawlinga1754 undecipherable1758 scribblative1829 scrawly1833 scrawny1833 scrawled1848 hieroglyphic1856 pot-hooky1867 scriggly1896 chicken scratch1933 the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by poor growth > [adjective] > stunted or underdeveloped wanthriven1508 scrubby1591 unthriven1680 nithered1691 strunty1756 stinted1759 starved1785 nirled1808 scrunty1811 scrawny1883 1833 Mrs. Stowe in C. E. Stowe Life (1889) 70 The envelope was written in a scrawny, scrawly, gentleman's hand. 1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 26 Yon pale scrawny fisher fools, Gaunt as bitterns in the pools. 1876 C. D. Warner Winter on Nile ii. 35 What a lot of scrawny old women. 1883 W. H. Bishop Old Mexico xxiii. 333 The..tough, fragrant, but scrawny, eucalyptus is much in use as a shade-tree. 1946 D. C. Peattie Road of Naturalist (U.K. ed.) iv. 43 The one where my scrawny, bronchitic body would find itself was stone-cold, a dirty grey, so I would mentally adjourn to the other. 1977 J. F. Fixx Compl. Bk. Running vi. 80 Frank Shorter, who won an Olympic gold medal in the 1972 marathon, is 5 feet 10½ inches and weighs a scrawny 134. 1977 New Yorker 27 June 59/2 This beautiful beast that I, a scrawny little thing, am destroying. Derivatives ˈscrawniness n. scragginess. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [noun] > thin shape > state of having leannessa1000 boninessa1398 macilence?a1425 meagreness?a1425 macies?a1450 meagrec1450 povertya1475 bareness1552 extenuation1576 poorness1577 gauntness1607 lankness1611 macilencya1631 spareness1648 emaceration1656 emaciation1662 skinniness1688 angularity1822 thinness1827 pinchedness1857 scrawniness1863 scragginess1865 wizenedness1887 1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home II. 280 I often found,..in the persons of such of my dear countrywomen as I now occasionally met, a certain meagreness, (Heaven forbid that I should call it scrawniness!) This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1833
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