Gaunt
WordNet

adjective


(1)   Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
"Emaciated bony hands"
"A nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"
"Eyes were haggard and cavernous"
"Small pinched faces"
"Kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"
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Etymology


Perhaps from a Scandinavian source, cf. Old Norse (Danish /, Norwegian bokmål )

Adjective



  1. lean, angular and bony
  2. haggard, drawn and emaciated
  3. bleak, barren and desolate
 
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