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Synonyms for gauntness

Grammar : Noun
Spell : gawnt
Phonetic Transcription : gɔnt

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Définition of gauntness

Origin :
  • mid-15c. (as a surname from mid-13c.), from Middle French gant, of uncertain origin; perhaps from a Scandinavian source (cf. Old Norse gand "a thin stick," also "a tall thin man") and somehow connected with the root of gander. Connection also has been suggested to Old French jaunet "yellowish" [Middle English Dictionary].
  • As in thinness : noun slimness
  • As in thinness : noun slenderness
Example sentences :
  • Then she noticed the gauntness of his bronzed face and how lean he was.
  • Extract from : « The Gold Trail » by Harold Bindloss
  • But his gauntness also made him look more like Pierre than ever before.
  • Extract from : « Shaman » by Robert Shea
  • He was as tall as the pastor, and slender, but without the other's gauntness.
  • Extract from : « The Uncalled » by Paul Laurence Dunbar
  • All this, however, was as nothing compared with the gauntness and emaciation of the man.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the "Esmeralda" » by Harry Collingwood
  • He was surprised at the size of these timber wolves and at their gauntness.
  • Extract from : « On the Yukon Trail » by Roy J. Snell
  • He was large for a Frenchman, and his gauntness was compounded by an obvious lack of sleep.
  • Extract from : « Unbegotten Child » by Winston Marks
  • His gauntness was more pronounced than it ever had been before.
  • Extract from : « The Bondboy » by George W. (George Washington) Ogden
  • Gaga was in his sleeping-suit, spectral in his gauntness and his pallor.
  • Extract from : « Coquette » by Frank Swinnerton
  • His garments were ragged, and his gauntness showed through them.
  • Extract from : « Delilah of the Snows » by Harold Bindloss
  • Just now he was bronzed, spare, even inclining to gauntness.
  • Extract from : « Foe-Farrell » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

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