Boneyness

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Rare spelling of boniness. alt-of, rare, uncountable

    "His Stature is rather tall than ſhort; his Shape is the moſt exact that can be, nothing was ever more juſtly proportion’d; and though he cannot be call’d fat, he is plump enough not to have any Thing of that Boneyneſs which renders the Lean ſo diſagreeable; […]"

Example

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"His Stature is rather tall than ſhort; his Shape is the moſt exact that can be, nothing was ever more juſtly proportion’d; and though he cannot be call’d fat, he is plump enough not to have any Thing of that Boneyneſs which renders the Lean ſo diſagreeable; […]"

Etymology

From boney + -ness.

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