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Definition of Runty
1. Adjective. Well below average height.
Language type: Argot, Cant, Jargon, Lingo, Patois, Slang, Vernacular
Similar to: Little, Short
Derivative terms: Runt, Runtiness
2. Adjective. (used especially of persons) of inferior size.
Similar to: Little, Small
Derivative terms: Puniness, Runt, Runtiness, Shrimp
Definition of Runty
1. a. Like a runt; diminutive; mean.
Definition of Runty
1. Adjective. having the characteristics of a runt ¹
2. Adjective. diminutive ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Runty
1. small [adj RUNTIER, RUNTIEST] - See also: small
Lexicographical Neighbors of Runty
Literary usage of Runty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1914)
"... force and against the consent of a female has sexual intercourse with her
is ¡runty of rape. Harris v. State, 56 South. 55, 2 Ala. App. 116. ..."
2. The Boy Scouts' Year Book by Boy Scouts of America (1917)
""Come along," says runty. We followed him around to the woodshed and there was
... He had just got started on -the second piece and I could hear runty Brown ..."
3. Suffolk Words and Phrases: Or, An Attempt to Collect the Lingual Localisms by Edward Moor (1823)
"runty Obstinate—angry—ill-willed. It is applied to persons as well as to beasts
... 3) reminds us of something runty, though I cannot precisely explain how. ..."
4. A Glossary of the Cleveland Dialect: Explanatory, Derivative, and Critical by John Christopher Atkinson (1868)
"A sträng, runty lass ;" like many of our hardy-bred moor-maidens.' Wb. Gl.
Run wicks, To. See Wicks, To run. Rush, sb. i. A crowd, or thick assembling of ..."
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