leany
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See also: leány
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]leany (comparative more leany, superlative most leany)
- (obsolete) lean[1]
- 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Iulye. Ægloga Septima.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC:
- fat kernes, and leany knaves
- (informal) leaning; inclined
References
[edit]- ^ “leany”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.