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Meanings of boniness in English

Extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)

Usage of boniness in English
1
The doctor felt the boniness of his own face and hands.
All souls' rising
2
They were an odd couple: Brutish, fat and carnal, Poor, a stick figure-thoughsturdy in her boniness-constantlygrubbing, ever fearful.
Running the books: the adventures of an accidental prison librar...
3
"The food, my lord?" persisted the unlovely boniness that was Marilla Theron.
Watcher of the Dead
4
"You needn't worry over my boniness," she assured him cheerfully.
The Vision of Desire
Boniness through the time