scranny
11scrawny — scraw|ny [ˈskro:ni US ˈskro: ] adj [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: scranny thin (1800 1900), probably from a Scandinavian language] a scrawny person or animal looks very thin and weak ▪ a scrawny kid in jeans and a T shirt ▪ a few scrawny hens …
12scrannel — (adj.) thin, meager, 1630s; any modern use traces to John Milton ( Lycidas, 124), who may have invented it out of dialectal scranny (see SCRAWNY (Cf. scrawny)). Or from a Scandinavian source akin to Norw. skran rubbish …
13scrawny — 1833, apparently a dialectal variant of scranny lean, thin (1820), which is of uncertain origin, perhaps from O.N. skrælna to shrivel …
14scrawny — adjective (scrawnier, scrawniest) unattractively thin and bony. Derivatives scrawniness noun Origin C19: var. of dialect scranny; cf. archaic scrannel weak, feeble (referring to sound) …
15scraggy — a. 1. Rough, rugged, uneven, broken, craggy, scabrous, scragged. 2. Lean, thin, bony, lank, meagre, gaunt, angular, skinny, emaciated, attenuated, scranny, scrawny …
16scrawny — a. (Colloq.) Thin, lank, meagre, scraggy, scranny, wasted, raw boned …
17scrawny — scrawn•y [[t]ˈskrɔ ni[/t]] adj. scrawn•i•er, scrawn•i•est excessively thin; lean • Etymology: 1825–35, amer.; var. of dial. scranny < Norw skran lean + y I scrawn′i•ness, n …
18scrawny — /ˈskrɔni / (say skrawnee) adjective (scrawnier, scrawniest) lean; thin; scraggy: a long scrawny neck. {variant of scranny, variant of scrannel} –scrawniness, noun …
19scrawny — ► ADJECTIVE (scrawnier, scrawniest) ▪ unattractively thin and bony. ORIGIN variant of dialect scranny …
20scrawny — [skrô′nē] adj. scrawnier, scrawniest [prob. var. of dial. scranny, lean, thin < Scand base > SCRANNEL] 1. very thin; skinny and bony 2. stunted or scrubby scrawniness n …
