Leanness
21emaciate — /i may shee ayt /, v.t., emaciated, emaciating. to make abnormally lean or thin by a gradual wasting away of flesh. [1640 50; < L emaciatus, wasted away, equiv. to e E + maciatus, ptp. of maciare to produce leanness (maci(es) leanness + atus… …
22Isaiah 24 — 1 Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. 2 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with …
23boniness — noun extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) • Syn: ↑bonyness, ↑emaciation, ↑gauntness, ↑maceration • Derivationally related forms: ↑macerate (for: ↑maceration), ↑ …
24bonyness — noun extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) • Syn: ↑boniness, ↑emaciation, ↑gauntness, ↑maceration • Derivationally related forms: ↑macerate (for: ↑maceration), ↑ …
25emaciation — noun extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) • Syn: ↑bonyness, ↑boniness, ↑gauntness, ↑maceration • Derivationally related forms: ↑macerate (for: ↑maceration), ↑ …
26exiguity — noun the quality of being meager an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes George Eliot • Syn: ↑meagerness, ↑meagreness, ↑leanness, ↑poorness, ↑scantiness, ↑scantness • Derivationally relat …
27gauntness — noun extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) • Syn: ↑bonyness, ↑boniness, ↑emaciation, ↑maceration • Derivationally related forms: ↑macerate (for: ↑maceration), ↑ …
28maceration — noun 1. softening due to soaking or steeping • Derivationally related forms: ↑macerate • Hypernyms: ↑softening 2. extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) • Syn: ↑bonyness, ↑boniness, ↑ …
29meagerness — noun the quality of being meager an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes George Eliot • Syn: ↑meagreness, ↑leanness, ↑poorness, ↑scantiness, ↑scantness, ↑exiguity • Derivationally related f …
30meagreness — noun the quality of being meager an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes George Eliot • Syn: ↑meagerness, ↑leanness, ↑poorness, ↑scantiness, ↑scantness, ↑exiguity • Derivationally related f …
