ashen

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   anemic looking from illness or emotion

   A face turned ashen.

2. 2
   adj

   Made from the wood of the ash-tree.

   An ashen bow and quiver of arrows beside.

3. 3
   adj

   Of or resembling ashes.

   A fine, ashen dust hung in the air.

4. 4
   adj

   Ash-colored; pale; anemic

   His ashen face belied his claims of good health.

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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