Bony
/ˈboʊni/noun
Having bones or a lot of prominent bones; thin and angular.
Did you know?‘Bony’ is a straightforward English adjective built from ‘bone,’ a word that goes back to Proto-Germanic *bainam and has no hidden occult origin—just raw, ancient body-language.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*bainam
“bone”
Old English
OE
bān
“bone”
Middle English
ME
boni
“having bones; skeletal”
16th Century
English
bony
“full of bones; lean, angular”
Modern English
English
bony
“having bones or prominent bones”