rawboned

• Adjectif décrivant une personne ou un animal mince et anguleux, avec des os apparents ou saillants.

An old-fashioned adjective describing a person or animal as having a lean, gaunt frame with prominent bones.

1. Lean and bony physiqueC1formal

   Having a thin, gaunt frame with prominent bones; lacking fleshiness.

   Maigre et osseux

   • The rawboned farmer worked tirelessly in the fields.
   • Her rawboned figure was accentuated by her simple dress.
   • He was a rawboned man, tall and angular.

   Synonymesangularbonycadaverousemaciatedgauntlankyleanscraggyskeletalspare

   Antonymeschubbycorpulentfatfleshyobeseplumpportly