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gaunty

gaunty is the obsolete form of jaunty.

Meaning of jaunty

Adjective

jaunty (comparative jauntier, superlative jauntiest)

  1. Airy; showy; finical.
  2. (broadly) Characterized by an affected or fantastical manner.
  3. Dapper or stylish.
    • He wore a jaunty outfit that was all the rage.
    Synonyms:
    pert, rakish
  4. Ostentatiously self-confident.
    • He walked down the street with a jaunty swaggering step, as if daring others less perfectly satisfied to intrude upon his good mood.

See all 6 meanings of jaunty

Forms of gaunty

comparativemore gaunty
superlativemost gaunty

Questions about gaunty

What is gaunty the obsolete form of?
Gaunty is the obsolete form of jaunty.

Words near gaunty in the dictionary

  1. gauntries
  2. gauntry
  3. Gaunts
  4. Gauntt
  5. Gauntts
  6. gaunty
  7. gaup
  8. gaupalika
  9. gaupalikas
  10. gauped
  11. gauping

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gaunty (page history and authors); jaunty (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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