runty

English

Etymology

runt +‎ -y

Adjective

runty (comparative runtier, superlative runtiest)

1. Having the characteristics of a runt; small and stunted.
   • 1965, June 17, “Love—and Death—in the African Night”, The Times

     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 […]

   • 1969, October 4, Roy Hay, “Peaches and Plums”, The Times

     Only later did I discover that a runty old almond tree, hidden behind a laburnum, riddled with peach leaf curl, […]

2. Diminutive. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Translations

having the characteristics of a runt

• Finnish: kitukasvuinen (fi), kitulias (fi)
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diminutive

• Finnish: pienikokoinen (fi)
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