scrannel
pronunciation
How to pronounce scrannel in British English:
UK ['skrænəl]
How to pronounce scrannel in American English:
US ['skrænəl]
Word Origin
- scrannel (adj.)
- "thin, meager," 1630s; any modern use traces to Milton ("Lycidas," 124), who may have invented it out of dialectal scranny (see scrawny). Or it might be from a Scandinavian source akin to Norwegian skran "rubbish." Compare English dialectal and Scottish skran "scraps, broken victuals; refuse," in military slang "food."