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scrawny

English

Alternative forms

  • scranny (dialectal)

Etymology

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

Alternatively, perhaps from Old Norse skrælna (“to be shrivelled”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?skr??ni/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?skr?ni/
  • Rhymes: -??ni

Adjective

scrawny (comparative scrawnier, superlative scrawniest)

  1. Thin, malnourished and weak.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:scrawny

Related terms

  • scran

Translations

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drawn

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: drôn, IPA(key): /d???n/
    • (UK) IPA(key): [d???n]
    • (US) IPA(key): [d??n]
    • (US, cot–caught merger) IPA(key): [d??n]
  • Rhymes: -??n

Verb

drawn

  1. past participle of draw

Adjective

drawn (comparative more drawn, superlative most drawn)

  1. Appearing tired and unwell, as from stress; haggard.
  2. Of a game: undecided; having no definite winner and loser.

Hyponyms

  • overdrawn

Translations

Anagrams

  • warn'd

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /drau?n/

Verb

drawn

  1. Soft mutation of trawn.

Mutation

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