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ισχνός — meaning in English

ischnos

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English meaning

  • meager adj Poor or lacking in amount, quality, or extent; barely enough.
  • paltry adj So small in amount or value as to be almost insulting; trivial or worthless.
  • skinny adj Very thin, often used with a slightly negative or critical tone.
  • slender adj Thin and gracefully built.

Senses

ισχνός is used for these senses in English:

  • paltry Of little monetary worth.
  • skinny (informal) Thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense).
  • slender Thin; slim.

meager — full definition

  1. adj Poor or lacking in amount, quality, or extent; barely enough.
  2. adj Thin, with little flesh on the body.

Related Greek words