gaunt

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He was not expected to be more than clean and speechless; and, to tell the truth, Eben, being in the hobbledehoy stage of boyhood--gaunt, awkward, and self-sufficient--rather surpassed his small brother in unpleasant aspect and manner.

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  1. adjective Thin and bony; angular. See Synonyms at lean2.
  2. adjective Emaciated and haggard; drawn.
  3. adjective Bleak and desolate; barren.

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lean ·  haggard ·  tall ·  bony ·  grim ·  skinny ·  bearded ·  thin ·  sallow ·  wiry ·  naked ·  rugged
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  1. Middle English, perhaps from Old French gant, possibly of Scandinavian origin.

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  1. Also English dial. gant; from Middle English gawnt, gawnte, lean, slender; prob. of Scandinavian origin; the nearest form appears to be Norwegian gand, a thin pointed stick, a tall and thin man. Cf. Swedish dial. gank, a lean and nearly starved horse.
  2. from gaunt, a.
 

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