sclendre

Etymology
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Adjective

 * 1) thin, lean, gaunt
 * 2) * late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, General Prologue, The Canterbury Tales, line 587-588:
 * "enm"

- The Reve was a sclendre colerik man, His berd was shave as ny as ever he can.


 * 1) * late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Monk's Prologue, The Canterbury Tales, line 3147-3148:
 * "enm"

- ‘This maketh that our heires been so sclendre And feble, that they may nat wel engendre.’