Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
rawboned. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
rawboned, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
rawboned in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
rawboned you have here. The definition of the word
rawboned will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
rawboned, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Etymology
From raw + boned.
Pronunciation
Adjective
rawboned
- Of a person: bony and thin; having prominent bones; gaunt.
1710 October 2 (Gregorian calendar), Jonathan Swift, “[Dr. Swift’s Journal to Stella.] Letter IV.”, in Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, editors, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, , new edition, volume XIV, London: J Johnson, , published 1801, →OCLC, page 208:Deuce take lady S⸺; and if I know D⸺y, he is a rawboned faced fellow, not handsome, nor visibly so young as you say: she sacrifices two thousand pounds a year, and keeps only six hundred.
1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “Mr. Mervyn in His Inn”, in The House by the Church-yard. , volume I, London: Tinsley, Brothers, , →OCLC, page 33:[…] and that rancid, raw-boned parson, Gillespie—how the plague did they pick him up?—one of the mutes told Bob it was he.
Anagrams