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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Lenten

/(lĕnt"'n)/ · Lent·en · IPA /ˈlɛntən/
01 n. Lent.
  1. 1.
    Lent.[Obs.]
02 a. Of or pertaining to the fast called Lent; used in, or suitable to, Lent; as, the Lenten season.
  1. 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. 2.
    Spare; meager; plain; somber; unostentatious; not abundant or showy.
Phrases & compounds
Lenten color — black or violet.