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Definition of Gauntness
1. Noun. Extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease).
Generic synonyms: Leanness, Spareness, Thinness
Derivative terms: Boney, Bony, Bony, Emaciate, Emaciate, Gaunt, Macerate
Definition of Gauntness
1. Noun. The quality of being gaunt ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gauntness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gauntness
Literary usage of Gauntness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cultivator: A Monthly Publication, Devoted to Agriculture by New York State Agricultural Society (1852)
"... which gives an idea of gauntness that is not natural, lie is a good handler,
is straight in the back, good in the crops, and moderately fine in the ..."
2. The Cultivator by New York State Agricultural Society (1852)
"The animal in question WM '•' out of condition" at tl.e time the portrait was
taken, which gives an idea of gauntness that is not natural. ..."
3. The Mystery of Education, and Other Academic Performances by Barrett Wendell (1909)
"We can see the gauntness thereof in pupils, or in ourselves, when either of us
begins to imagine that ... Something else than gauntness, on the other hand, ..."
4. Les Misérables by Victor Hugo (1887)
""Yet you are a lover to soften the heart with gauntness." " In your place.
I would let her n'one." " That is easy enough to sny. ..."
5. The Cultivator: A Monthly Publication, Devoted to Agriculture by New York State Agricultural Society (1852)
"... which gives an idea of gauntness that is not natural, lie is a good handler,
is straight in the back, good in the crops, and moderately fine in the ..."
6. The Cultivator by New York State Agricultural Society (1852)
"The animal in question WM '•' out of condition" at tl.e time the portrait was
taken, which gives an idea of gauntness that is not natural. ..."
7. The Mystery of Education, and Other Academic Performances by Barrett Wendell (1909)
"We can see the gauntness thereof in pupils, or in ourselves, when either of us
begins to imagine that ... Something else than gauntness, on the other hand, ..."
8. Les Misérables by Victor Hugo (1887)
""Yet you are a lover to soften the heart with gauntness." " In your place.
I would let her n'one." " That is easy enough to sny. ..."
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