Middle English Dictionary Entry
gaunt adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | gaunt adj. Also gant. |
| Etymology | ?Cp. OF jaunet, gaunet yellowish. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Thin, lean, gaunt; slender; (b) ?as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)189 : Gawnt, or lene: Maciolentus. Gawnte, or swonge [vr. or slendyr]: Gracilis.
b
- (1247) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)1.12 : Henry le Gant.
- (1270) Close R.Hen.III272 : Simon le Gaunt.
- (1296) Sub.R.Sus.in Sus.RS 1022 : Will. le Gaunt.