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gaunt (gônt)
adj., gaunt·er, gaunt·est.
  1. Thin and bony; angular. See synonyms at lean2.
  2. Emaciated and haggard; drawn.
  3. Bleak and desolate; barren.

[Middle English, perhaps from Old French gant, possibly of Scandinavian origin.]

gauntly gaunt'ly adv.
gauntness gaunt'ness n.

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