Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state of being skinny, or like skin.
  • noun Leanness; emaciation.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Quality of being skinny.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The property of being skinny.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the bodily property of lacking flesh

Etymologies

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From skinny +‎ -ness

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