Having many bones or being thin enough that bones are visible or noticeable.
From Old English 'ban' meaning 'bone,' with the suffix '-y' added to mean 'having the quality of.' Also spelled 'bony,' this word literally describes something characterized by bones.
The phrase 'feel the boney structure' is how doctors and artists figure out what's underneath the skin, and it's why skeletons are so boney—they're all bone, no meat!
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