Lenten
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlɛntən/
Adjective
Lenten (comparative more Lenten, superlative most Lenten)
- Pertaining to Lent; taking place during Lent.
- 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica:
- And perhaps it was the same politick drift that the Divell whipt St. Jerom in a lenten dream, for reading Cicero [...].
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- Appropriate to Lent; meagre, sombre.
- 1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, II.2:
- To thinke, my Lord, if you delight not in Man, what Lenton entertainment the Players shall receiue from you [...].
- A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, XXIX, line 8-10:
- And there's the Lenten lily / That has not long to stay / And dies on Easter day.
- 1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, II.2:
Translations
pertaining to Lent
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