Lenten
Lenten (lent"'n) , noun
Lent. [Obsolete] — Piers Plowman
Lenten , adjective
[From Old English lenten lent. See Lent, n. ]
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.
2.
Spare; meager; plain; somber; unostentatious; not abundant or showy.
Lenten entertainment.
Lenten answer.
Lenten suit.
Collocations (1)
Lenten color , black or violet. — F. G. Lee