| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  gônt |
| ADJECTIVE: | Inflected forms: gaunt·er, gaunt·est
1. Thin and bony; angular. See synonyms at lean2. 2. Emaciated and haggard; drawn. 3. Bleak and desolate; barren. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, perhaps from Old French gant, possibly of Scandinavian origin. | | OTHER FORMS: | gaunt ly —ADVERB
gauntness —NOUN
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