gaunt
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gaunt (comparativo gaunter, superlativo gauntest)
- IPA: /ɡɔːnt/, /ɡɑːnt/
Ascolta la pronuncia :
dal medio inglese gawnt, gawnte, "magro, smagrito", di origine dubbia ma probabilmente scandinava, correlata all'antico norreno gandr, "bastone, asta", dalla radice germanica *gandaz
- (smagrito, scheletrico) emaciated, scraggy, scrawny, skinny
- (brullo, spoglio) bleak, barren, desolate
- The Free Dictionary, edizione online
- Merriam-Webster, Versione on-line
- WordReference.com, Versione on-line Inglese-Italiano
- Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary