趣词词典（- 英语词根词缀词源词典）

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一、趣词词典

1、gaunt 瘦削憔悴的

2、词源不详。可能来自gander, 公鹅，用来形容瘦高个的人。

二、- 英语词根词缀词源词典

1、gaunt (adj.)

2、"lean and haggard," from or as if from hunger, mid-15c. (as a surname from mid-13c.), from Middle French gant, of uncertain origin; perhaps from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse gand "a thin stick," also "a tall thin man") and somehow connected with the root of gander. Connection also has been suggested to Old French jaunet "yellowish" [Middle English Dictionary].

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