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gracilis.

slender, slim, thin

8 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

adj[ˈɡra.kɪ.lɪs]Classical-Latin[ˈɡraː.t͡ʃi.lis]
  1. slender, slim, thin

    declension-3 · two-termination
  2. meager, scanty, lean

    declension-3 · two-termination
  3. unadorned, simple

    declension-3 · two-termination
Where this word comes from

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”).

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