bony Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
    pinched; emaciated; cadaverous; gaunt; skeletal; wasted; haggard.
    • emaciated bony hands
    • a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys
    • eyes were haggard and cavernous
    • small pinched faces
    • kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration
  2. adjective composed of or containing bone
    osseous; osteal.
    • osseous tissue
  3. adjective having bones especially many or prominent bones
    boney.
    • a bony shad fillet
    • her bony wrist
    • bony fish

WordNet

Bon"y adjective
Definitions
  1. Consisting of bone, or of bones; full of bones; pertaining to bones.
  2. Having large or prominent bones.

Webster 1913