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Definition gaunt

Etymology

From Middle English gawnt, gawnte (“lean, slender”), from Old French, probably from a Scandinavian source, related to Old Norse gandr (“magic staff, stick”), from Proto-Germanic *gandaz (“stick, staff”), from Proto-Indo-European *g??en- (“to beat, hit, drive”). Cognate with Icelandic gandur (“magic staff”), Norwegian gand (“tall pointed stick; tall, thin man”), Danish gand, gan, Norwegian gana (“cut-off tree limbs”), Bavarian Gunten (“a kind of wedge or peg”). Related also to Old English g?ž (“battle”), Latin d?fend? (“ward off, defend”). Compare also Swedish dialectal gank (“a lean, emaciated horse”).

Adjective

gaunt (comparative gaunter, superlative gauntest)

  1. lean, angular, and bony
  2. haggard, drawn, and emaciated
  3. bleak, barren, and desolate

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