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Wan is a related term of skinny.


As an adjective skinny is

(informal) having little flesh and fat; slim; slender; narrow; thin, generally beyond what looks beautiful.

As a noun skinny is

(colloquial) the details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor.

wan

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl), from (etyl) .

Adjective

(wanner)
  • Pale, sickly-looking.
  • * Spenser
    • Sad to view, his visage pale and wan .
  • * Longfellow
    • the wan moon overhead
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  • Dim, faint.
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  • Bland, uninterested.
    • A wan expression

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality of being wan; wanness.
  • * Tennyson
    • Tinged with wan from lack of sleep.

    Etymology 2

    Inflected forms.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (obsolete) (win)

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    Adjective

    (er)
  • (informal) Having little flesh and fat; slim; slender; narrow; thin, generally beyond what looks beautiful.
    • Her recent weight loss has made her look rather skinny than slender
  • (informal, of food or beverages) Low-fat.
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  • Naked; nude (chiefly used in the phrase skinny dipping).
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    Noun

    (skinnies)
  • (colloquial) The details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor.
    • She called to get the skinny on the latest goings-on in the club.
  • A state of nakedness; nudity.
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  • A skinny being
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