lenten Meaning, Definition & Usage

Lent"en noun

Definitions

1. Lent. Obs. Piers Plowman.

Lent"en adjective

Etymology

From OE. lenten lent. See Lent, n.

Definitions

1. Of or pertaining to the fast called Lent; used in, or suitable to, Lent; as, the Lenten season.

   She quenched her fury at the flood. And with a Lenten salad cooled her blood. Dryden.

2. Spare, meager; plain; somber; unostentatious; not abundant or showy. "Lenten entertainment." " Lenten answer." Shak. " Lenten suit." Beau. & Fl.

   Lenten color, black or violet. F. G. Lee.