[skin.ny] adj skin.ni.er ; -est (1573) 1: resembling skin: membranous
2. a: lacking sufficient flesh: very thin: emaciated b: lacking usual or desirable bulk, quantity, qualities, or significance syn see lean -- skin.ni.ness n
[2]skinny n [perh. fr. [1]skin + [4]-y] (1938) slang: inside information: dope "the straight ~ on what's going on --John Geary"