1
chiefly Scotland
: a hardened stalk or stem of a plant
2
: an animal unusually small of its kind
especially
: the smallest of a litter of pigs
3
usually disparaging
: a person of small stature
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Examples of runt in a Sentence
the runt of the litter
one kitten was definitely the runt, weighing only six ounces at birth
Word History
Etymology
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First Known Use
1602, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Runt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/runt. Accessed 26 Sep. 2023.
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