Usually means: Extremely thin, emaciated person or creature.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. atomy: Merriam-Webster
  2. atomy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. atomy, atomy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. atomy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. atomy: Wordnik
  6. atomy: Wiktionary
  7. atomy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. atomy: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Atomy, atomy: Dictionary.com
  10. Atomy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Atomy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. atomy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Atomy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. atomy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. atomy: FreeDictionary.org
  16. atomy: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. atomy: Merriam-Webster

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  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. atomy: A Word A Day

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. atomy: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Note: See atomies as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (atomy)

noun:  (archaic) A floating mote or speck of dust.
noun:  (archaic) An indivisible particle.
noun:  (archaic) A tiny being; a very small person.
noun:  (archaic) A skeleton.
adjective:  Resembling a tiny particle; made up of tiny particles.

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