macilent

English

Etymology

From Latin macilentus (“lean, thin, meagre”), from Latin maciēs (“leanness; poverty”), from Latin macer (“meager; poor”), from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱros. Cognate with English emaciate and meagre.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmas.ɪ.lənt/

Adjective

macilent (comparative more macilent, superlative most macilent)

Lean; thin; emaciated
- c. 1675–1702, Howe, John, “The Living Temple”, in The Works of John Howe, M.A., volume 3, Religious Tract Society, published 1870, page 469:
  It ought not to be doubted but that there will yet be a time of so copious an effusion of the Holy Spirit, as will invigorate it afresh and make it spring up, out of its macilent withered state, into its primitive liveliness and beauty.

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:scrawny

Anagrams

MacIntel, malectin

单词	macilent
释义	macilent English Etymology From Latin macilentus (“lean, thin, meagre”), from Latin maciēs (“leanness; poverty”), from Latin macer (“meager; poor”), from Proto-Indo-European mh₂ḱros. Cognate with English emaciate* and meagre. Pronunciation IPA^(key): /ˈmas.ɪ.lənt/ Adjective macilent (comparative more macilent, superlative most macilent) Lean; thin; emaciated c. 1675–1702, Howe, John, “The Living Temple”, in The Works of John Howe, M.A., volume 3, Religious Tract Society, published 1870, page 469: It ought not to be doubted but that there will yet be a time of so copious an effusion of the Holy Spirit, as will invigorate it afresh and make it spring up, out of its macilent withered state, into its primitive liveliness and beauty. Synonyms See Thesaurus:scrawny Anagrams MacIntel, malectin
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