bony

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
  2. adjective composed of or containing bone
  3. adjective having bones especially many or prominent bones

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted

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