In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
GAUNT
cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted
(adjective) very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; “a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys”; “eyes were haggard and cavernous”; “small pinched faces”; “kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
gaunt (comparative gaunter, superlative gauntest)
lean, angular, and bony
haggard, drawn, and emaciated
bleak, barren, and desolate
Synonyms
• scraggy, scrawny, skinny
Anagrams
• Tunga, untag
Proper noun
Gaunt (plural Gaunts)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gaunt is the 11993rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2604 individuals. Gaunt is most common among White (91.28%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Tunga, untag
Source: Wiktionary
Gaunt, a. Etym: [Cf. Norw. gand a thin pointed stick, a tall and thin man, and W. gwan weak.]
Definition: Attenuated, as with fasting or suffering; lean; meager; pinched and grim. "The gaunt mastiff." Pope. A mysterious but visible pestilence, striding gaunt and fleshless across our land. Nichols.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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