Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rawboned

/ɹɔːboʊnd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English

Syllables: raw-boned
IPA: /ɹɔːboʊnd/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a person: bony and thin; having prominent bones; gaunt.

Example Sentences

"Deuce take lady S⁠⸺; and if I know D⁠⸺⁠y, he is a rawboned faced fellow, not handsome, nor visibly so young as you say: she sacrifices two thousand pounds a year, and keeps only six hundred."
"[…] and that rancid, raw-boned parson, Gillespie—how the plague did they pick him up?—one of the mutes told Bob it was he."

Etymology

From raw + boned.

Questions

How do you pronounce rawboned?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɔːboʊnd/.
What does rawboned mean?: Of a person: bony and thin; having prominent bones; gaunt.
Where does rawboned come from?: From raw + boned.

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