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   Scrawn·y

   /ˈskrônē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person or animal) unattractively thin and bony: "he had a scrawny physique and a protuberant Adam's apple"
   • ▪ (of vegetation) meager or stunted: "straggly trees and occasional tufts of scrawny grass"

   Word Origin mid 19th century: variant of dialect scranny; compare with archaic scrannel ‘weak, feeble’ (referring to sound).

   Derivatives

   • 1. scrawniness noun

   Scrabble Points: 15

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