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underfed
English
Etymology
under- +? fed
Adjective
underfed (comparative more underfed, superlative most underfed)
- Inadequately fed.
Verb
underfed
- simple past tense and past participle of underfeed
Anagrams
- refunded
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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)
- Thin, malnourished and weak.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:scrawny
Related terms
- scran
Translations
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