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gauntness|ˈgɔːntnɪs|
[f. gaunt + -ness.]
1. The condition of being gaunt.
1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 288 It is known by the leanness of the Horse, and gantness of his belly. 1619Middleton Inner Temple Masque A 3, I know him by his gauntnes, his thin chitterlings. 1829Lytton Devereux i. ii, The total absence of all superfluous flesh would have given the lean gauntness of his figure an appearance of almost spectral emaciation. 1884Roe Nat. Ser. Story xii, He was growing thin even to gauntness.
2. fig. Grimness, repulsive character.
1874Mahaffy Soc. Life Greece viii. 252 Compare all this humane and kindly feeling with the gauntness and horror of our modern executions. |