Gangly

Gangly is an adjective that means tall and awkward. Our word of the day comes from the word gang, which originated in Scottish and referred to motion, as in saying: ‘gang to bed.’ The way someone might say ‘go to bed.’ This word evolved into the adjective ‘gangly.’ A tall person of clumsy motions would be considered gangly, for example: It surprised met hat Richard turned out to be such an amazing athlete. His gangly physique suggested the clumsy, uncoordinated motions of somebody you’d never want to pick for your basketball team.