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Word: Scrawny
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
mid 19th century: variant of dialect scranny; compare with archaic scrannel ‘weak, feeble’ (referring to sound)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈskrɔːni
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(of a person or animal) unattractively thin and bony
Short Definition:unattractively thin and bony
Examples:- he had a scrawny physique and a protuberant Adam's apple
- she was small and scrawny and the sinews in her neck stood out
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