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

Some of them, doubtless, are fine, good-looking, well-conditioned animals; but the majority are lean, lathy, sunken-eyed, woe-begone, iron-marked, desperately-abused brutes, lacking all the lively energy that characterizes the movements of the up-to-the-mark hunter.

From Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour by Surtees, Robert Smith

Balbirnie and Makgill will both be good— Strong, active, lathy fellows; so they should.

From Poems on Golf by Society, Edinburgh Burgess Golfing

They told me there that it is the effect of the dry Australian climate and the long summer heat, native-born Australians having a tendency to grow thin and lathy.

From A Boy's Voyage Round the World by Smiles, Samuel

Salina drew the shawl with still more desperate resolution around her lathy figure.

From The Old Homestead by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)

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