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Skeletal

//ˈskɛl.ɪ.təl// adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    of, or relating to the skeleton
  2. 2
    haggard, cadaverous, emaciated or gaunt
  3. 3
    barebones, lacking elaboration

    "On the whole, Sidney Morris has given us sketchy characters that need more fine tuning than this production […] could give it. Only Holmberg seemed to dig deeply within himself to create a complete character from Morris' skeletal outline."

Adjective
  1. 1
    very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold wordnet
  2. 2
    of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Shorthand for skeletal diagram (a black-and-white drawing of a [usually extinct] animal’s skeleton to be used as a reference for paleoart) informal

Etymology

Etymology 1

From skeleton + -al.

Etymology 2

From skeleton + -al.

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