RUNTINESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Smallness of stature

Synonyms:

puniness; runtiness; stuntedness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("runtiness" is a kind of...):

littleness; smallness (the property of having a relatively small size)

Derivation:

runty ((used especially of persons) of inferior size)

runty (well below average height)