gauntnessn.
/ˈɡɔːntnɪs/ 1. The condition of being gaunt.
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the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [noun] > thin shape > state of having
leannessa1000
boninessa1398
macilence?a1425
meagreness?a1425
macies?a1450
meagrec1450
povertya1475
bareness1552
extenuation1576
poorness1577
gauntness1607
lankness1611
macilencya1631
spareness1648
emaceration1656
emaciation1662
skinniness1688
angularity1822
thinness1827
pinchedness1857
scrawniness1863
scragginess1865
wizenedness1887
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 369 It is knowne by the leannesse of the horsse, and gantnes of his bely.
1619 T. Middleton Inner-Temple Masque A 3 I know him by his gauntnes, his thin chitterlings.
1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux I. i. ii. 13 The total absence of all superfluous flesh, would have given the lean gauntness of his figure an appearance of almost spectral emaciation.
1884 E. P. Roe Nature's Serial Story xii He was growing thin even to gauntness.
2. figurative. Grimness, repulsive character.
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the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > disgust > [noun] > state or quality of being disgusting
foulnessOE
hideousness1340
fulsomeness?a1425
revoltingness1749
disgustingness1851
gauntness1874
grottiness1984
1874 J. P. Mahaffy Social Life Greece viii. 252 Compare all this humane and kindly feeling with the gauntness and horror of our modern executions.
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