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Webster 1913 Edition


Leanness

Lean′ness

,
Noun.
[AS.
hlǣnnes
.]
The condition or quality of being lean.

Webster 1828 Edition


Leanness

LE'ANNESS

, n.
1.
Destitution of fat; want of flesh; thinness of body; meagerness; applied to animals.
2.
Want of matter; poverty; emptiness; as the leanness of a purse.
3.
In Scripture, want of grace and spiritual comfort.
He sent leanness into their soul. Ps. 106.

Definition 2024


leanness

leanness

English

Noun

leanness (uncountable)

  1. The property of being lean, without excess or fat.