gauntness

English

Etymology

gaunt +‎ -ness

Noun

gauntness (countable and uncountable, plural gauntnesses)

1. The quality of being gaunt.
   • 2019, Maaza Mengiste

, The Shadow King, Canongate Books (2020), page 327:

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.