scranky

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Probably related to scrawny and lanky

Adjective[edit]

scranky (comparative more scranky, superlative most scranky)

(Scotland, archaic) thin; lean

References[edit]

“scranky”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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