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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024gaunt /gɔnt/USA pronunciation adj., -er, -est. - extremely thin and bony;
haggard:He looked gaunt after his hospital stay. - bleak;
desolate:a gaunt landscape.
gaunt•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024gaunt (gônt),USA pronunciation adj., -er, -est. - extremely thin and bony;
haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture;
emaciated. - bleak, desolate, or grim, as places or things:a gaunt, windswept landscape.
- Latin galbinus greenish-yellow
- Old French gaunet, jaunet yellowish, derivative of gaune, jaune yellow
- late Middle English, probably 1400–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged lean, spare, scrawny, lank, angular, rawboned. See thin.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged stout.
Gaunt (gônt, gänt),USA pronunciation n. - Biographical John of. See John of Gaunt.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: gaunt /ɡɔːnt/ adj - bony and emaciated in appearance
- (of places) bleak or desolate
Etymology: 15th Century: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare Norwegian dialect gand tall lean personˈgauntly adv ˈgauntness n |