ashen
Meanings
adj
- Made from the wood of the ash-tree.
adj
- Of or resembling ashes.
- Ash-colored; pale; anemic
- Appalled; upset.
- Anaemic.
verb
- To turn into ash; make or become ashy
- To make or become pale
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Etymology
From Middle English asshen, aisshen, esscen, from Old English æsċen (“made of ashwood”), equivalent to ash + -en (“made or consisting of”). Cognate with Scots aschin, eschin (“ashen”).
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