scrawny

adjectiveattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈskɹɔːni//
United States//ˈskɹɔni//
//ˈskɹɑni//

Thin, malnourished, and weak.

adjective

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Thin, malnourished, and weak.
“Tell him, in these words, that I will have his scrawny bones before me now. Tell him, Byar, and bring him if you must arrest him and those filthy wretches who disgrace the Children. Go.”

Etymology

A variant of dialectal scranny (“thin; lean; scraggy; poor; scanty; of inferior quality”), perhaps from Old Norse skran (“rubbish; junk”) + -y. Compare Norwegian skran (“lean, thin, skinny”), English scrannel (“lean; meager; poor; worthless”). Alternatively, perhaps from Old Norse skrælna (“to be shrivelled”).

Forms

comparative: scrawnier
superlative: scrawniest

scratched · Produced by scratching.scratches · Synonym of pastern dermatitis.scratching · The act or sound of something being scratched.

scrawny · Thin, malnourished, and weak.

scream · A loud, emphatic, exclamation of extreme emotion, especially…screaming · Loud, sharp, and piercing to the ear.screech · A high-pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that…

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