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Lenten (iou)



Lenten noun & adjective. Also lenten.
[Old English lencten prob. from base also of Middle Low German, Middle Dutch, Dutch lente, German Lenz, etc., spring, from Germanic base of LONG adjective1 (with ref. to the lengthening of the days in spring). As adjective now interpreted as from LENT noun1 + -EN4.]
A. noun.
Spring; = LENT noun1 1. OE-ME.
= LENT noun1 2. OE-M17.
b. attrib. or as adjective.
Of or pertaining to Lent, observed or taking place in Lent. OE.
H. R. Landon The annual Lenten concerto, which took place on 16 and 17 April.
Appropriate to Lent; (of food etc.) meagre, plain; (of appearance or facial expression) mournful, dismal. L16.
G. Brenan Our cities are sad and sordid places, our food Lenten.
Special collocations: Lenten corn corn sown about Lent. Lenten face a dismal look or countenance. Lenten fare food without meat. Lenten-kail Scot. broth made without meat. Lenten pie a pie containing no meat. Lenten rose a variety of Helleborus orientalis, blooming in late winter and early spring.