spack

Pronunciation: /ʃpak/

“spack” is a German word. Its 2 meanings in English:

adjective

thin, scrawny (having an unusually low amount of both muscle and fat)
dry, brittle

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German spak (“thin, dry, brittle”) from spake (“brushwood”). Or from rare Middle Low German spak (“tame, calm”) from an unknown source.

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