scranky

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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