gaunt

/ˈgȯnt/

Middle English

adjective

  1. excessively thin and angular

  2. barren, desolate

a long gaunt face

lean spare lank lanky gaunt rawboned scrawny skinny mean thin because of an absence of excess flesh. lean stresses lack of fat and of curving contours. spare suggests leanness from abstemious living or constant exercise.

biographical name

  1. 1340—1399 Duke of Lancaster; son of Edward III of England