Gaunt
Gaunt adjective - Suffering extreme weight loss as a result of hunger or disease.
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This poor wretched body, grim and gaunt Was kissed all over till it burned By lips the truest; love e'er turned His heart's own tint: one night they kissed My soul out in a burning mist.
Source: Creator / Robert Browning -
The Gaunt family is described as "An ancient, in-bred, pure-blood wizarding family living in slovenly conditions in a shack in Little Hangleton." This is supposedly the main cause of poor Merope's "cross-eyed" appearance, and a streak of mental instability, such as with Morfin Gaunt.
Source: Kissing Cousins -
Thanks to his massive size, "Try Again" Bragg of Dan Abnett's Gaunt's Ghosts series of Warhammer 40,000 novels can carry around immense chainguns and the like, which is just as well due to the poor aim that earned him his nickname.
Source: More Dakka
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