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Definition of: gaunt
(gônt) adjective
1. Emaciated, as from lack of food; lank; lean; meager; thin.
2. Grim; desolate. [? <OF gent elegant, infl. in meaning by ON gand a tall, thin person]
—gaunt′ly adverb
—gaunt′ness noun Synonyms: emaciated, famished, hungry, lank, lean, meager, pinched, thin, wan, wasted. See MEAGER.
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