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[ adjective ] very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
Examples "emaciated bony hands" "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" Used in print (Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)William_Beebe reports 26 inches and 2.4 ounces ( this snake must have been emaciated ) for the length and the weight of a young anaconda from British_Guiana . Related terms |
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