gauntness

/ˈɡɔntnəs/
noun
  1. The state or quality of being extremely thin and bony, often from hunger, illness, or age.
    • His gauntness was a clear sign of his long illness.
    • The artist captured the gauntness of the famine victims in his sketches.
    • The gauntness of the refugees shocked the aid workers.
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