In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
SKINNY
scraggy, scraggly, boney, bony, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy
(adjective) being very thin; “a child with skinny freckled legs”; “a long scrawny neck”; “pale bony hands”
cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, skinny
(adjective) giving or spending with reluctance; “our cheeseparing administration”; “very close (or near) with his money”; “a penny-pinching miserly old man”
tightfitting, tight-fitting, tight fitting, tightly fitting, skinny
(adjective) fitting snugly; “a tightly-fitting cover”; “tight-fitting clothes”
skinny
(adjective) of or relating to or resembling skin
skinny
(noun) confidential information about a topic or person; “he wanted the inside skinny on the new partner”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
skinny (comparative skinnier, superlative skinniest)
(informal) thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense).
(informal, of food or beverages) Low-fat.
Naked; nude (chiefly used in the phrase skinny dipping).
(of clothing) tight-fitting
Synonyms
• See also scrawny
Antonyms
• See also obese
Noun
skinny (plural skinnies)
(colloquial) The details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor.
A state of nakedness; nudity.
(informal) A low-fat serving of coffee.
A skinny being.
Verb
skinny (third-person singular simple present skinnies, present participle skinnying, simple past and past participle skinnied)
(transitive) To reduce or cut down.
Source: Wiktionary
Skin"ny, a.
Definition: Consisting, or chiefly consisting, of skin; wanting flesh. "Her skinny lips." Shak. He holds him with a skinny hand. Coleridge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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