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Runty - What does it mean?

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runty

English

Adjective

(head)
  • having the characteristics of a runt
  • * 1965 , June 17, “Love—and Death—in the African Night”, The Times
    • From the light above us thin shadows flickered and a runty little image of the defiance in front of me fell on to the table. [...] The little runt was still singed and groggy [...]
  • * 1969 , October 4, Roy Hay, “Peaches and Plums”, The Times
    • Only later did I discover that a runty old almond tree, hidden behind a laburnum, riddled with peach leaf curl, [...]
  • diminutive

    • Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.