English

Adjective

runty ‎(comparative runtier, superlative runtiest)

1. having the characteristics of a runt
   • 1965, June 17, “Love—and Death—in the African Night”, The Times

     From the light above us thin shadows flickered and a runty little image of the defiance in front of me fell on to the table. [...] The little runt was still singed and groggy [...]

   • 1969, October 4, Roy Hay, “Peaches and Plums”, The Times

     Only later did I discover that a runty old almond tree, hidden behind a laburnum, riddled with peach leaf curl, [...]

2. diminutive

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