gracilis

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

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[ˈɡra.kɪ.lɪs]

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”).