gauntness

noun

gauntness

noun

Etymology From gaunt + -ness.

1

The quality of being gaunt.

The curtains of his office are still closed, but a soft, warm light filters past the bodyguards and into the room. It drapes his face, smooths the sharp lines of his new gauntness.2019, Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King, Canongate Books (2020), page 327:

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