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Vinony

scrawny

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈskɹɔːni/ / /ˈskɹɔni/ / /ˈskɹɑni/

adj

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”).

  1. 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.””