attenuated vs pencil-necked

attenuated

adj
  • Made, or become weak; subject to attenuation. 

  • Long and tapering (especially of leaves) 

pencil-necked

adj
  • Insubstantial; weak. 

  • Having a very thin neck. 

How often have the words attenuated and pencil-necked occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )