skeletonic

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adjective

Like a skeleton.

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Meanings

adjectiveskeletonic (comparative more skeletonic, superlative most skeletonic)

comparative more skeletonic · superlative most skeletonic

  1. Like a skeleton.

    He was very tall and skeletonic, and must have been in his seventies.

    1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 69

Origin

From skeleton + -ic.

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APA

skeletonic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skeletonic

MLA

“skeletonic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skeletonic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “skeletonic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skeletonic.

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