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Definition: Gauntness |
GauntnessNoun1. Extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "gauntness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1896. (references) |
Synonyms: GauntnessSynonyms: bonyness (n), emaciation (n), maceration (n). (additional references) |
| "Gauntness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Gauntness" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "gauntness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كآبة (bleakness, damp, dejection, depression, desolation, despondency, dreariness, gloom, gloominess, grief, low spirits, melancholy, moodiness, mope, sadness, sombreness, sorrow, spleen), نحالة نحافة (slimness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | височина (altitude, drop, elevation, height, highness, key, loftiness, pitch, rise, upland), измършавялост, дължина на сянка. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vyhublost (cachexy, emaciation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | maigreur (gauntry), aspect morne. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Dünnheit (fineness, sparseness, tenuity, tenuousness, thinness, wateriness, weakness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ισχνότησ (emaciation, haggardness, leanness, meagreness, scragginess, scrawniness, skinniness, slenderness), ισχνότητα (boniness, emaciation, haggardness, leanness, meagreness, scragginess, scrawniness, skinniness, slenderness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ק"רות (bleakness, darkness, duskiness, gloom, murk, sombreness), כחישות (emaciation, leanness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | barátságtalanság (asperity, bad grace, disobligingness, incivility, sulkiness, surliness, unkindness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | macilenza (emaciation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | auntnessgay сухопарость, хмурость (darkness, duskiness, gloom, mirk, murk), изможденность. (various references) koščatost. (various references) flacura (leanness, skinniness, thinness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "gauntness": gauntnesses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "gauntness" (pronounced gô"ntnus) |
| 5 | -n t n u s | bluntness, faintness, unpleasantness. |
| 4 | -t n u s | abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, alertness, appropriateness, astuteness, brightness, compactness, completeness, correctness, cuteness, directness, earnestness, eyewitness, fastness, fitness, flatness, forthrightness, greatness, ineptness, inertness, lateness, lightfastness, lightness, neatness, politeness, quietness, remoteness, rightness, robustness, separateness, shortness, softness, steadfastness, stoutness, sweetness, swiftness, tartness, tightness, vastness, wetness, whiteness, witness. |
| 3 | -n u s | aggressiveness, agribusiness, airworthiness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, arbitrariness, assertiveness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awfulness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, bagginess, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, blandness, bleakness, blindness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanliness, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, cohesiveness, coldness, Colonus, combativeness, competitiveness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, contrariness, Conus, coolness, coziness, craziness, creativeness, creditworthiness, creepiness, crispness, crookedness, dampness, darkness, Deaconess, deadliness, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, drunkenness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, edginess, effectiveness, elusiveness, emptiness, evenness, exogenous, fairness, farsightedness, fickleness, firmness, fondness, foolishness, forcefulness, forgiveness, foulness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, friendliness, frothiness, fullness, funniness, furnace, gayness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, genus, ghastliness, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greenness, grimness, hairiness, handedness, happiness, hardness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, holiness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, inclusiveness, indebtedness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lawlessness, laziness, lenis, likeness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, luminous, madness, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nastiness, nearsightedness, nervousness, newness, niceness, niggardliness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nosiness, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, orderliness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, peacefulness, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, pettiness, playfulness, poisonous, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, preparedness, queasiness, quickness, raciness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, readiness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, resistiveness, resourcefulness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, riskiness, roominess, roughness, rowdiness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, sameness, scantiness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, seriousness, shakiness, shallowness, sharpness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, sickness, silliness, sinus, skittishness, slackness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, solitariness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, starkness, steadiness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stinginess, strangeness, stubbornness, sturdiness, suddenness, suggestiveness, tardiness, tastiness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, timeliness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, ugliness, unconsciousness, uneasiness, unfairness, unhappiness, uniqueness, unwieldiness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, vividness, voluminous, wariness, wastefulness, waterishness, weakness, weariness, weightlessness, weirdness, wellness, wholeness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wimpiness, wistfulness, wonderfulness, worldliness, worthiness, wryness. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-n-n-s-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: tunnages. | |
-2 letters: gannets, suntans, tunnage, unseats. | |
-3 letters: agents, anenst, angsts, anuses, assent, gannet, guests, gusset, sagest, sanest, sautes, sennas, stages, stanes, stangs, sunnas, sunset, suntan, teguas, unseat, unsent, unsets, usages, usneas. | |
-4 letters: agent, agues, anent, angst, antes, asset, aunts, easts, etnas, gases, gasts, gates, gaunt, gauss, gents, genua, genus, gests, getas, gnats, guans, guess, guest, gusts, nates, neats, negus, nests, sages, sanes, sates, saute, seats, senna, sensa, snags, snugs, stage, stags, stane, stang, stung, stuns, suets, sunna, sunns, tangs, tasse, tegua, tunas, tunes, tungs, unset, usage, usnea. | |
-5 letters: ages, ague, anes, ante, ants, anus, ates, aunt, east, eats, engs, etas, etna, gaen, gaes, gane, gast, gate, gats, gaun, gens, gent, genu, gest, geta, gets, gnat, gnus, guan, guns, gust, guts, nags, nans, neat, ness, nest, nets, nuns, nuts, sage, sags, sane, sang, sans, sate, seas, seat, segs, sent, seta, sets, snag, snug, stag, stun, sues, suet, sung, sunn, suns, tags, tang, tans, tass, taus, teas, tegs, tens, tugs, tuna, tune, tung, tuns, uses, utas. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-n-n-s-s-t-u" | |
+2 letters: gauntnesses, naughtiness. | |
+3 letters: langoustines, sanguinities. | |
+4 letters: conjugateness, exsanguinates, languishments, naughtinesses. | |
+5 letters: contagiousness, gelatinousness, subgenerations, understaffings, understandings, ungratefulness, upstandingness. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 61 75 6E 74 6E 65 73 73 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01100001 01110101 01101110 01110100 01101110 01100101 01110011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G a u n t n e s s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0061 0075 006E 0074 006E 0065 0073 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)416787808680718585 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage Frequency 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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