lean, spare, lank, lanky, gaunt, rawboned, scrawny, skinny mean thin because of an absence of excess flesh.
lean stresses lack of fat and of curving contours.
spare suggests leanness from abstemious living or constant exercise.
lank implies tallness as well as leanness.
lanky suggests awkwardness and loose-jointedness as well as thinness.
gaunt implies marked thinness or emaciation as from overwork or suffering.
rawboned suggests a large ungainly build without implying undernourishment.
scrawny and skinny imply an extreme leanness that suggests deficient strength and vitality.
Middle English, from Old English hlanc; akin to Old High German hlanca loin
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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