SKELETAL

cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted

(adjective) very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; “a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys”; “eyes were haggard and cavernous”; “small pinched faces”; “kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration”

skeletal

(adjective) of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton; “the skeletal system”; “skeletal bones”; “skeletal muscles”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

skeletal (comparative more skeletal, superlative most skeletal)

of, or relating to the skeleton

haggard, cadaverous, emaciated or gaunt

Anagrams

• lakelets

Source: Wiktionary


Skel"e*tal, a.

Definition: Pertaining to the skeleton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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