English Dictionary: Gaunt | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gaunt \Gaunt\, a. [Cf. Norw. gand a thin pointed stick, a tall and thin man, and W. gwan weak.] Attenuated, as with fasting or suffering; lean; meager; pinched and grim. [bd]The gaunt mastiff.[b8] --Pope. A mysterious but visible pestilence, striding gaunt and fleshless across our land. --Nichols. |