scruntyadj.

Brit.

/ˈskrʌnti/, U.S.

/ˈskrən(t)i/, Scottish English

/ˈskrʌntɪ/

Etymology: < scrunt n.

Originally Scottish and northern dialect.

Stunted, shrivelled, stumpy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by poor growth > [adjective] > stunted or underdeveloped

wanthriven1508

scrubby1591

unthriven1680

nithered1691

strunty1756

stinted1759

starved1785

nirled1808

scrunty1811

scrawny1883

the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [adjective]

shorta900

littleOE

lowa1398

untallc1535

dwarfish1542

shrimpish1549

pygmy1592

shrubby1603

dapper1606

punya1616

runtisha1642

truss1674

sesquipedalian1741

smally1764

petite1766

elfin1796

scram1825

squibbish1826

gnomic1845

dwarf-like1850

knee-high to a grasshopper1851

underhanded1856

nanoid1857

whipping-snapping1861

scrunty1868

midget1875

short-set1883

sawed-off1887

strunty1897

munchkin1930

sawn-off1936

short-arsed1951

the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > relating to contraction > into wrinkles > contracted into wrinkles

clungc1325

clinkery1398

hirpleda1400

clunged1495

wrinkled?1523

shrivelled1565

rivelled1601

puckered1606

rivelled1627

shrimped1638

truss1674

pursed1676

wizened1728

weazen1765

wizen1786

nirled1808

beshrivelled1821

weazened1842

weazeny1864

concertinaed1880

swivelled1898

scrunty1947

1811 A. Scott Poems (new ed.) 59 [A bird] wha, on his native scrunty thorn, 'Mang birds o' song bude hail the morn.

1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. vii. 148 Then whudder awa' thou bitter biting blast..And sough through the scrunty tree.

1868 W. Shelley Flowers by Wayside 55 He'd been sae scrimpit o' his corn His scrunty banes stood brent in sight.

1947 A. McCormick Galloway 219 The scrunty aul' buddy has nae smeff.

1951 W. H. Auden Nones (1952) 54 A scrunty beggar With one glass eye and one hickory leg.

1963 S. Plath Bell Jar i. 10 A short, scrunty fellow detached himself and came into the bar with us.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	scrunty
释义	scruntyadj. Brit. /ˈskrʌnti/, U.S. /ˈskrən(t)i/, Scottish English /ˈskrʌntɪ/ Etymology: < scrunt n. Originally Scottish and northern dialect. Stunted, shrivelled, stumpy. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by poor growth > [adjective] > stunted or underdeveloped wanthriven1508 scrubby1591 unthriven1680 nithered1691 strunty1756 stinted1759 starved1785 nirled1808 scrunty1811 scrawny1883 the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [adjective] shorta900 littleOE lowa1398 untallc1535 dwarfish1542 shrimpish1549 pygmy1592 shrubby1603 dapper1606 punya1616 runtisha1642 truss1674 sesquipedalian1741 smally1764 petite1766 elfin1796 scram1825 squibbish1826 gnomic1845 dwarf-like1850 knee-high to a grasshopper1851 underhanded1856 nanoid1857 whipping-snapping1861 scrunty1868 midget1875 short-set1883 sawed-off1887 strunty1897 munchkin1930 sawn-off1936 short-arsed1951 the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > relating to contraction > into wrinkles > contracted into wrinkles clungc1325 clinkery1398 hirpleda1400 clunged1495 wrinkled?1523 shrivelled1565 rivelled1601 puckered1606 rivelled1627 shrimped1638 truss1674 pursed1676 wizened1728 weazen1765 wizen1786 nirled1808 beshrivelled1821 weazened1842 weazeny1864 concertinaed1880 swivelled1898 scrunty1947 1811 A. Scott Poems (new ed.) 59 [A bird] wha, on his native scrunty thorn, 'Mang birds o' song bude hail the morn. 1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. vii. 148 Then whudder awa' thou bitter biting blast..And sough through the scrunty tree. 1868 W. Shelley Flowers by Wayside 55 He'd been sae scrimpit o' his corn His scrunty banes stood brent in sight. 1947 A. McCormick Galloway 219 The scrunty aul' buddy has nae smeff. 1951 W. H. Auden Nones (1952) 54 A scrunty beggar With one glass eye and one hickory leg. 1963 S. Plath Bell Jar i. 10 A short, scrunty fellow detached himself and came into the bar with us. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1811
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