gaunt
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adjective, gaunt·er, gaunt·est.
1.
extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated.
2.
bleak, desolate, or grim, as places or things: a gaunt, windswept landscape.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English, probably < Old French gaunet, jaunet yellowish, derivative of gaune, jaune yellow < Latin galbinus greenish-yellow
1400–50; late Middle English, probably < Old French gaunet, jaunet yellowish, derivative of gaune, jaune yellow < Latin galbinus greenish-yellow
Related forms
gaunt·ly, adverb
gaunt·ness, noun
Antonyms
1. stout.
1. stout.
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gaunt (ɡɔːnt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | bony and emaciated in appearance |
| 2. | (of places) bleak or desolate |
| [C15: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare Norwegian dialect gand tall lean person] | |
| 'gauntly | |
| —adv | |
| 'gauntness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
gaunt
1440, from M.Fr. gant, of uncertain origin; perhaps from a Scand. source (cf. O.N. gand "a thin stick," also "a tall thin man").
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It stands with its gaunt, unattractive, ancient church, and its new red brick suburb.
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