leanness

Words with a similar base: leanness

'leanness'

[meagerness.n.01] as in: the quality of being meager; -George Eliot

Examples:
an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes

'leanness'

[leanness.n.02] as in: the property of having little body fat

Origins

					leanness (English)
├── -ness (English)
└── lean (English)
    ├── lene (Middle English (1100-1500))
    │   └── hlæne (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
    └── lenen (Middle English (1100-1500))
        └── hleonian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

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