Associations to the word «Scrawniness»

Adjective

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Wiktionary

SCRAWNINESS, noun. The property of being scrawny.

Dictionary definition

SCRAWNINESS, noun. The bodily property of lacking flesh.
SCRAWNINESS, noun. The property of being stunted and inferior in size or quality; "the scrawniness of sickly trees".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats