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runty

runty adjective: having the characteristics of a runt; small and stunted; diminutive.

Adjective

runty (comparative runtier, superlative runtiest)

  1. Having the characteristics of a runt; small and stunted; diminutive.
    • From the light above us thin shadows flickered and a runty little image of the defiance in front of me fell on to the table. […] The little runt was still singed and groggy […]1965 June 17, “Love—and Death—in the African Night”, in The Times
    • Only later did I discover that a runty old almond tree, hidden behind a laburnum, riddled with peach leaf curl, […]1969 October 4, Roy Hay, “Peaches and Plums”, in The Times

runty meaning in Bengali

runty in Bengali

রুগ্ন প্রাণীর বৈশিষ্ট্য থাকা, ছোট এবং বাধাপ্রাপ্ত, ক্ষুদ্রাকৃতি

Forms of runty

comparativeruntier
superlativeruntiest

Origin of runty

From runt + -y.

Words formed from runty

Questions about runty

What does runty mean?
Runty means having the characteristics of a runt; small and stunted; diminutive.
What is runty in Bengali?
Runty in Bengali is রুগ্ন প্রাণীর বৈশিষ্ট্য থাকা, ছোট এবং বাধাপ্রাপ্ত, ক্ষুদ্রাকৃতি. See Runty meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is runty?
Runty is an adjective.

Words near runty in the dictionary

  1. runtling
  2. runtlings
  3. Runton
  4. runts
  5. runts of the litter
  6. runty
  7. runup
  8. runups
  9. runway
  10. runway model
  11. runway models

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Adapted from Wiktionary: runty (page history and authors); runty (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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