hâve

Meaning

gaunt; pale and thin

Concepts

haggard

pale

pallid

gaunt

scrawny

lean

rawboned

pinched

skinny

corpselike

osteal

cadaverous

bareboned

colourless

emaciated

fatless

insipid

prostrate

scraggy

skeletal

Synonyms

pâle

raviné

émacié

maigre

nerveux

osseux

squelettique

à gros os

décharné

efflanqué

famélique

nerveuse

osseuse

plein d’arêtes

cadavéreux

aux gros os

plein d’os

décharnée

efflanquée

étique

grêle

Pronounced as (IPA)

/av/

Etymology

Cognate with Middle High German: heswe

Cognate with Old English: hasu

In summary

From Middle French have, from Old French have, from Old Frankish *haswi (“grey-coloured, grey”), from Proto-Germanic *haswijaz, *haswaz (“grey”) (compare Middle High German heswe (“pale”), Old English hasu (“dark, sombre”); see also German Hase (“hare”)). More at hazy.