scranky

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

scranky (comparative more scranky, superlative most scranky)

1. (Scotland, archaic) thin; lean

References

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