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Definition: Lenten color
Lenten
\Lent"en\, a. [From OE. lenten lent. See
Lent, n. ]
1. Of or pertaining to the fast called Lent; used in, or
suitable to, Lent; as, the Lenten season.
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She quenched her fury at the flood,
And with a Lenten salad cooled her blood. --Dryden.
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2. Spare; meager; plain; somber; unostentatious; not abundant
or showy.
“Lenten entertainment.” “ Lenten answer.”
--Shak.
“ Lenten suit.” --Beau. & Fl.
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Lenten color, black or violet. --F. G. Lee.
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