ashen

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective anemic looking from illness or emotion; ; ; ; ; - Mary W. Shelley
  2. adjective made of wood of the ash tree

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”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

blanched, bloodless, livid, white

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