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emaciated

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??me??ie?t?d/
  • (US) IPA(key): /??me?sie?t?d/

Adjective

emaciated (comparative more emaciated, superlative most emaciated)

  1. Thin or haggard, especially from hunger or disease.
    The emaciated prisoners in the death camps were weak and sickly.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:scrawny

Translations

Verb

emaciated

  1. simple past tense and past participle of emaciate

Related terms

  • emaciate
  • emaciation

See also

  • gaunt

Anagrams

  • acetamide

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bony

English

Alternative forms

  • boney

Etymology

From Middle English bony, equivalent to bone +? -y.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b??ni/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?bo?ni/
  • Rhymes: -??ni

Adjective

bony (comparative bonier, superlative boniest)

  1. resembling, having the appearance or consistence of, or relating to bone; osseous.
  2. full of bones
  3. with little flesh; skinny, thin
  4. having prominent bones

Translations

Anagrams

  • NOYB

Catalan

Etymology

Unknown. Probably of pre-Roman origin.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?bo?/

Noun

bony m (plural bonys)

  1. bulk, lump, bump

Derived terms

  • bonyegut
  • bunyol

Further reading

  • “bony” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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