runty
English
Etymology
runt + -y
Adjective
runty (comparative runtier, superlative runtiest)
- Having the characteristics of a runt; small and stunted.
- 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, […]
- 1965, June 17, “Love—and Death—in the African Night”, The Times
- diminutive
Translations
having the characteristics of a runt
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diminutive
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