Lenten

or lent·en

[ len-tn ]

adjective
  1. of, relating to, or suitable for Lent.

  2. suggesting Lent, as in austerity, frugality, or rigorousness; meager.

Origin of Lenten

1
First recorded before 900; Middle English lente(n) “spring, springtime, Lent,” noun use of Old English noun and adjective lengten, læncgten, lencten “spring, springtime, Lent; of springtime, Lenten”; later taken as an adjective ending in -en; see origin at Lent, -en2

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British Dictionary definitions for lenten

lenten

/ (ˈlɛntən) /


adjective
  1. (often capital) of or relating to Lent

  2. archaic, or literary spare, plain, or meagre: lenten fare

  1. archaic cold, austere, or sombre: a lenten lover

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