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gauntnesses

gauntnesses is the plural of gauntness.

Meaning of gauntness

Noun

gauntness (countable and uncountable, plural gauntnesses)

  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

Questions about gauntnesses

What is gauntnesses the plural of?
Gauntnesses is the plural of gauntness.

Words near gauntnesses in the dictionary

  1. gauntletted
  2. gauntlope
  3. gauntlopes
  4. gauntly
  5. gauntness
  6. gauntnesses
  7. gauntree
  8. gauntrees
  9. gauntries
  10. gauntry
  11. Gaunts

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