lathy
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The man was somewhat younger, but of a figure equally wild; his frame was long and lathy, but his arms were remarkably short, his neck was rather bent, he squinted slightly, and his mouth was much away; …"
- "In this way he was dragged out; and as he crept up the bank, with the wet pouring from his apparel, which now clung tightly to his lathy limbs, he was greeted by the jeers of Nicholas."
- "And little lathy Charles with his long, narrow white face and obstinate chin, is no A B C of a boy."
- "'Twas just a bit o' lathy old plank which Jim had throwed acrost the brook for his own conveniences."
- "This one was tall and stocky, with a square head and fat nose; he looked more like a Negro than a lathy starving Indian […]"
Etymology
From lath + -y.