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

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Example Sentences

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lathy

He was a product of your own clean, sweet imagination, but let me tell you—" she made a swift feminine turn to the trivial, "You'll marry a tall, lathy man, or a short, dumpy man.

From Rose of Dutcher's Coolly by Hamlin Garland

There are none on board--you miss the nice light, tight-built, lathy, wiry, active, neat, jolly crew.

From Nature and Human Nature by Thomas Chandler Haliburton

Now it happened that there was a young fellow named Ned Moran—better known by the soubriquet of "Long Ned," from his slender, lathy proportions—at that time living in the town.

From J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 4 by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

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

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

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 Samuel Smiles

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