gracilis

Meaning

1. (declension-3, two-termination) slender, slim, thin
2. (declension-3, two-termination) meager, scanty, lean
3. (declension-3, two-termination) unadorned, simple

Concepts

gaunt

haggard

lean

rawboned

scraggy

scrawny

unembellished

unembroidered

unprettied

nondecorated

Synonyms

exilis

macer

exiguus

Translations

flac

escanyolit

escardalenc

hager

schmucklos

αστόλιστος

étique

grêle

hâve

maigre

nerveux

osseux

décharné

efflanqué

magre

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈɡra.kɪ.lɪs]

Etymology

From an Old Latin verb *graceō or *craceō (“to be meager, slim”), from Proto-Indo-European *kerḱ- (“to become thin, to wane”), related to Sanskrit कृश (kṛśa, “thin, lean”), Lithuanian karštu (“to age”), and Avestan 𐬐𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬯𐬀 (kər^əsa, “meager, lean”).
Also compare cracens (“slender”) and Proto-Germanic *hurhaz (“lean”) whence Icelandic hor (“emaciation”).