scrawny
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scrawny
- /ˈskɹɔːni/ UK
- /ˈskɹɔni/ US
- /ˈskɹɑni/ cot caught merger
Rhymes with -ɔːni
Where it comes from
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”).
adjective scrawnier · scrawniest · scranny
- 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.”
