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Ashen

//ˈæʃ.ən// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Made from the wood of the ash-tree.

    "An ashen bow and quiver of arrows beside."

  2. 2
    Of or resembling ashes.

    "A fine, ashen dust hung in the air."

  3. 3
    Ash-colored; pale; anemic

    "His ashen face belied his claims of good health."

  4. 4
    Appalled; upset.
  5. 5
    Anaemic.
Adjective
  1. 1
    anemic looking from illness or emotion wordnet
  2. 2
    made of wood of the ash tree wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To turn into ash; make or become ashy ambitransitive
  2. 2
    To make or become pale ambitransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English asshen, axen (“ash-colored; pale; lifeless”). By surface analysis, ash + -en (“made or consisting of”).

Etymology 3

From ash + -en (verbal suffix).

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