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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--scrannel This week's theme: archaic words. scrannel (SKRAN-l) adjective 1. Thin. 2. Unmelodious. [Of unknown origin.] -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "Though played with impressive skill and intense determination by Dorothy Stone, the often scrannel sounds irritated more than they fascinated." Terry McQuilkin; Pacific Festival Opens at Cal State LA; Los Angeles Times; Jun 24, 1989. X-Bonus It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way. -Rollo May, psychologist (1909-1994)

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