lathy

[ lath-ee, lah-thee ]

/ ˈlæθ i, ˈlɑ θi /

adjective, lath·i·er, lath·i·est.

lathlike; long and thin.

Nearby words

Origin of lathy

First recorded in 1665–75; lath + -y¹

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Examples from the Web for lathy

Lathy George pulled his reeling cayuse together, and pushed on.
Bulldog Carney|W. A. Fraser
He grew thin and lathy; and, though his smile was as ready and as magnetic as ever, he seldom laughed.
Scally|Ian Hay
The elder daughter was, I will not say a lathy girl, but very slim not only in the waist, but above and below it.
The Galaxy, April, 1877|Various
Phineas was tall and lathy, red-haired, with an expression of great acuteness and shrewdness in his face.
Uncle Tom's Cabin|Harriet Beecher Stowe

But at length, with a sudden bound upward, the fisher fell with his whole weight upon the back of his lathy antagonist.
Happy Days for Boys and Girls|Various

British Dictionary definitions for lathy

lathy

/ (ˈlɑːθɪ) /

adjective lathier or lathiest

resembling a lath, esp in being tall and thin

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