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Definition of Scranny
1. a. Thin; lean; meager; scrawny; scrannel.
Definition of Scranny
1. Adjective. (UK Scotland dialect) thin; lean; meagre; scrawny ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scranny
1. scrawny [adj SCRANNIER, SCRANNIEST] - See also: scrawny
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scranny
| scrambly scrambs scramjet scramjets scrammed scramming scrams scran scranch scranched | scranches scranky scrannel scrannels scrannier scranny (current term) scrans |
Literary usage of Scranny
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases by Anne Elizabeth Baker (1854)
"You'll drive me scranny " is often said to importuning children or intractable
servants. " Things are so awkward and contrary, I shall go quite ..."
2. Leicestershire Words, Phrases, and Proverbs by Arthur Benoni Evans (1881)
"scranny, adj. lanky ; lean; gaunt; also, crazy ; distracted. ... it 'ud mek 'er
scranny.' Scrat, va and n. to scratch ; make a shift; struggle or scramble ..."
3. Glossary of Supposed Americanisms by Alfred Langdon Elwyn (1859)
"The Craven Dialect has scranny, our word. ... For some reason this is only
appropriated to women here; a thin, scranny woman, is frequent. ..."
4. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"Lean, thin, bony, lank, meagre, gaunt, angular, skinny, emaciated, attenuated,
scranny, scrawny. Scramble, vn I. Struggle (as in ..."
5. Publications by English Dialect Society (1887)
"SCOTCH, or SCORCH, v,—To put a stone or piece of wood, &c.,to stop a cart wheel
from running back on an incline. scranny, adj.—Crazy. ..."
6. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1887)
"Small wattles used in fixing thatch on the roof of a house ; Burgh Recs. Edinburgh,
I. 221. Addit to Scow, qv scranny, ... Addit to scranny, qv ..."
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