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scrannel

scrannel adjective: slight, thin, lean or poor.

Adjective

scrannel (comparative more scrannel, superlative most scrannel)

  1. (archaic) slight, thin, lean or poor
  2. (archaic) harsh or raspy
    • their scrannel pipes of wretched straw1637 (date written; published 1638), John Milton, “Lycidas”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC

Forms of scrannel

comparativemore scrannel
superlativemost scrannel

Origin of scrannel

Compare scrawny.

Questions about scrannel

What does scrannel mean?
Scrannel means slight, thin, lean or poor.
What part of speech is scrannel?
Scrannel is an adjective.

Words near scrannel in the dictionary

  1. scranched
  2. scranches
  3. scranching
  4. scranky
  5. scranned
  6. scrannel
  7. scrannier
  8. scranniest
  9. scranning
  10. scrannish
  11. scranny

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