different between ashen vs gaunt
ashen
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æ?.?n/
- Rhymes: -æ??n
Etymology 1
From Middle English asshen, aisshen, esscen, from Old English es?en (“made of ashwood”), equivalent to ash +? -en (“made or consisting of”). Cognate with Scots aschin, eschin (“ashen”).
Adjective
ashen (comparative more ashen, superlative most ashen)
- Made from the wood of the ash-tree.
Translations
Etymology 2
From ash +? -en (“made or consisting of”).
Adjective
ashen (comparative more ashen, superlative most ashen)
- Of or resembling ashes.
- A fine, ashen dust hung in the air.
- Ash-colored; pale; anemic, anaemic.
- His ashen face belied his claims of good health.
Synonyms
- (sickly pale): See also Thesaurus:pallid
Translations
Etymology 3
From ash +? -en (verbal suffix).
Verb
ashen (third-person singular simple present ashens, present participle ashening, simple past and past participle ashened)
- (transitive, intransitive) To turn into ash; make or become ashy
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become pale
Anagrams
- Ehsan, Haens, Hanes, Hanse, Sanhe, Shane, Shean, hanse, heans
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Etymology
From Middle English asshe, from Old English æs?e, from Proto-West Germanic *ask?, from Proto-Germanic *ask?.
Noun
ashen
- ashes
References
- Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN
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gaunt
English
Alternative forms
- gant (dialectal, Scotland)
- gent (Scotland)
Etymology
From Middle English gawnt, gawnte (“lean, slender”), from Old French [Term?], probably from a Scandinavian/North Germanic source, related to Old Norse gandr (“magic staff, stick”), from Proto-Germanic *gandaz (“stick, staff”), from Proto-Indo-European *g??en- (“to beat, hit, drive”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: gônt, IPA(key): /???nt/
- (some accents) enPR: gänt, IPA(key): /???nt/
- Rhymes: -??nt, -??nt
Adjective
gaunt (comparative gaunter, superlative gauntest)
- lean, angular, and bony
- haggard, drawn, and emaciated
- bleak, barren, and desolate
Synonyms
- scraggy, scrawny, skinny
Translations
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “gaunt”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- Tunga, untag
Scots
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Alternative forms
- gant
Verb
gaunt
- To yawn.
Noun
gaunt (plural gaunts)
- A yawn.
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