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armgaunt

armgaunt adjective: of uncertain meaning; perhaps describing gaunt or slender limbs.

Adjective

armgaunt (comparative more armgaunt, superlative most armgaunt)

  1. (archaic, nonce-word) Of uncertain meaning; perhaps describing gaunt or slender limbs.
    • And soberly did mount an armgaunt steed.1607, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra
    • Quixote comes, in battered mail, Armgaunt, with eyes of some keen haggard hawk Far from his eyrie1951, Clark Ashton Smith, The Dark Chateau: And Other Poems, page 25

Forms of armgaunt

comparativemore armgaunt
superlativemost armgaunt

Origin of armgaunt

Perhaps arm + gaunt.

Questions about armgaunt

What does armgaunt mean?
Armgaunt means of uncertain meaning; perhaps describing gaunt or slender limbs.
What part of speech is armgaunt?
Armgaunt is an adjective.

Words near armgaunt in the dictionary

  1. armfloats
  2. armful
  3. armfull
  4. armfulls
  5. armfuls
  6. armgaunt
  7. armguard
  8. armguards
  9. armhole
  10. armholes
  11. armhook

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