LEANNESS

leanness, thinness, spareness

(noun) the property of having little body fat

meagerness, meagreness, leanness, poorness, scantiness, scantness, exiguity

(noun) the quality of being meager; “an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes”-George Eliot

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

leanness (uncountable)

The property of being lean, without excess or fat.

Source: Wiktionary


Lean"ness, n. Etym: [AS. hlænnes.]

Definition: The condition or quality of being lean.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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