Both Uses of
gaunt
in
The Grapes of Wrath
- He was about fifty, his whiskery face gaunt, and his open eyes were vague and staring.†
Chpt 30 *
- The gaunt man moved his lips.†
Chpt 30
Definitions:
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(1)
(gaunt) very thin and bony -- often from hunger or as though having been worn to the bone
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, gaunt can reference a place such as a landscape or a home, in which case it indicates that the place is bleak or barren.