LE'ANNESS, noun 1. Destitution of fat; want of flesh; thinness of body; meagerness; applied to animals. 2. Want of matter; poverty; emptiness; as the leanness of a purse. 3. In Scripture, want of grace and spiritual comfort. He sent leanness into their soul. Psalms 106:15.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI