gaunted en · ADJ
Etymology
From gaunt.
Meanings
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starved
[...] and they were gone all day and into the night and they came back worn and brush-torn to leave gaunted horses in the corral with good feed in the trough [...]
1963, Jack Schaefer, Monte Walsh, page 117:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most gaunted | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more gaunted | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |