different between gaunt vs cadaverous

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)

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

Synonyms

• scraggy, scrawny, skinny

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “gaunt”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• Tunga, untag

Scots

Etymology

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Alternative forms

• gant

Verb

gaunt

1. To yawn.

Noun

gaunt (plural gaunts)

1. A yawn.

English

Etymology

cadaver +? -ous

Adjective

cadaverous (comparative more cadaverous, superlative most cadaverous)

1. Corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver.
   • 1917 rev. 1925 Ezra Pound, "Canto I"

     Dark blood flowed in the fosse,

     Souls out of Erebus, cadaverous dead ...

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:cadaverous

Translations

See also

• cadaverously