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Lenten

UK/ˈlɛntən/

Lenten adjective: pertaining to Lent; taking place during Lent.

Adjective

Lenten (comparative more Lenten, superlative most Lenten)

  1. Pertaining to Lent; taking place during Lent.
    • And perhaps it was the same politick drift that the Divell whipt St. Jerom in a lenten dream, for reading Cicero […].1644, John Milton, Areopagitica
    • And there's the Lenten lily / That has not long to stay / And dies on Easter day.1896, A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, XXIX, line 8-10
  2. Appropriate to Lent; meagre, sombre.
    • To thinke, my Lord, if you delight not in Man, what Lenton entertainment the Players shall receiue from you […].c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Forms of Lenten

comparativemore Lenten
superlativemost Lenten

Origin of Lenten

From Old English lenten, lencten, equivalent to Lent + -en.

Words formed from Lenten

Phrases with Lenten

Words that rhyme with Lenten

Questions about Lenten

What does Lenten mean?
Lenten means pertaining to Lent; taking place during Lent.
What part of speech is Lenten?
Lenten is an adjective.
How do you pronounce Lenten?
Lenten is pronounced /ˈlɛntən/ (UK).

Words near Lenten in the dictionary

  1. lentectomize
  2. lentectomized
  3. lentectomizes
  4. lentectomizing
  5. lentectomy
  6. Lenten
  7. Lenten fare
  8. Lenten lilies
  9. Lenten lily
  10. Lenten Moon
  11. Lenten Moons

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