Bony
of or like bone.
full of bones.
having prominent bones; big-boned.
skinny; emaciated.
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Historical Examples
Swatty Ellis Parker Butler
Way of the Lawless Max Brand
A Cigarette-Maker’s Romance F. Marion Crawford
My Double Life Sarah Bernhardt
Men in War Andreas Latzko
adjective bonier, boniest
resembling or consisting of bone or bones
having many bones
having prominent bones: bony cheeks
thin or emaciated: a bony old woman
adj.
Read Also:
- Boniface-i
Saint, died a.d. 422, pope 418–422.
- Boniface-ii
pope a.d. 530–532.
- Boniface-iii
pope a.d. 607.
- Boniface-iv
Saint, pope a.d. 608–615.
- Boniface-ix
(Pietro Tomacelli) died 1404, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1389–1404. Historical Examples A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume III Henry Charles Lea