lathy

American  

[lath-ee, lah-thee] / ˈlæθ i, ˈlɑ θi /

adjective

lathier, lathiest

1. lathlike; long and thin.

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lathy British  

/ ˈlɑːθɪ /

adjective

1. resembling a lath, esp in being tall and thin

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Etymology

Origin of lathy

First recorded in 1665–75; lath + -y ¹

Example Sentences

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lathy

He was a tall, grey-haired, lathy, old Frenchman, well-dressed, and sufficiently respectable-looking to have passed for the lady’s father.

From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Reid, Mayne

But at length, with a sudden bound upward, the fisher fell with his whole weight upon the back of his lathy antagonist.

From Happy Days for Boys and Girls by Various

The shapelessness of the lathy form, the shock of coarse black hair surmounting the large head, the retreating forehead—these were not apparent where we stood.

From The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him by Browne, Francis F. (Francis Fisher)

Phineas was tall and lathy, red-haired, with an expression of great acuteness and shrewdness in his face.

From Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

And he was six feet seven, but lean and lathy, and it was more in the elasteecity of his neck that the height lay than in any honesty o' bone and sinew.

From Life's Handicap by Kipling, Rudyard