ashen

Meanings

Adjective

Made from the wood of the ash-tree.
Of or resembling ashes.
Ash-colored; pale; anemic, anaemic.

Verb

To turn into ash; make or become ashy
To make or become pale

Origin

From Middle English asshen, aisshen, esscen, from Old English esċen, equivalent to ash + -en. Cognate with Scots aschin, eschin.
From ash + -en.
From ash + -en.

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