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scrannish

scrannish adjective: hungry.

Adjective

scrannish (comparative more scrannish, superlative most scrannish)

  1. (dialectal) Hungry.

Forms of scrannish

comparativemore scrannish
superlativemost scrannish

Origin of scrannish

From scran + -ish, perhaps influenced by famished.

Questions about scrannish

What does scrannish mean?
Scrannish means hungry.
What part of speech is scrannish?
Scrannish is an adjective.

Words near scrannish in the dictionary

  1. scranned
  2. scrannel
  3. scrannier
  4. scranniest
  5. scranning
  6. scrannish
  7. scranny
  8. scrans
  9. Scranton
  10. Scrantonian
  11. Scrantonians

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