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ash·en

1   [ash-uhn]
adjective
1.
ash-colored; gray.
2.
extremely pale; drained of color; pallid: His face was ashen.
3.
consisting of ashes.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English; see ash1, -en2

Synonyms
1. ashy. 2. pasty, colorless.

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  • Ablaze in the sunlight, ashen under moonlit skies, the towns make few concessions to tourism.
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ash·en

2   [ash-uhn]
adjective
1.
pertaining to the ash tree or its timber.
2.
made of wood from the ash tree.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English, Old English; see ash2, -en2
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ashen1 (ˈæʃən)
 
—adj
1.  drained of colour; pallid
2.  consisting of or resembling ashes
3.  of a pale greyish colour

ashen2 (ˈæʃən)
 
—adj
of, relating to, or made from the ash tree or its timber

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ashen
"made of ash wood," c.1300 (see ash (2)); meaning "ash-colored, whitish-gray, deadly pale" is 1808, from ash (1).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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