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Ranny vs Rangy - What's the difference?

ranny | rangy |

As a noun ranny

is (obsolete|outside|dialects) a shrew (in the sense of the mouselike animal).

As an adjective rangy is

slender and long of limb; lanky.

ranny

English

Noun

(rannies)
  • (obsolete, outside, dialects) A shrew (in the sense of the mouselike animal).
  • * 1646 , Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica , XVIII:
  • instead of a caligation or dimness, we conclude a cecity or blindness. Which hath been frequently inferred concerning other Animals, so some affirm the Water-Rat is blind, so Sammonicus'' and ''Nicander do call the Mus-Araneus, the shrew or Ranny , blind [...].

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    rangy

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    Adjective

    (er)
  • Slender and long of limb; lanky
  • :For an accountant, Robert had a rangy appearance.
  • :Her African violets weren't getting enough sun and became rangy .
  • Prone to roaming around with animal-like movements.
  • Having or permitting range or scope; roomy; commodious.
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