- skin and bones
- nouna person who is unusually thin and scrawny• Syn: ↑thin person, ↑scrag• Ant: ↑fat person (for: ↑thin person)• Hyponyms: ↑spindlelegs, ↑spindleshanks
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noun1. : a condition of extreme emaciation2. : excessive thinness* * *
a condition or state of extreme thinness, usually the result of malnutrition; emaciation: Anorexia had reduced her to skin and bones.Also, skin and bone.[1400-50; late ME]* * *
skin and bones,1. extreme thinness or emaciation: »She languished and pined away to skin and bones (Edward Herbert).
2. a very thin person: »“I like to eat,” said Otto. “Not like…skin and bones here” (New Yorker).
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• • •Main Entry: ↑bone————————skin and bones (or skin and bone)informal : very thin in a way that is unattractive and unhealthyAfter the illness, he was skin and bones.
The starving dog was nothing but skin and bones.
• • •Main Entry: ↑skin
Useful english dictionary. 2012.