This week’s theme
Uncommon adjectives

This week’s words
stuporous
rorid
nidorous
macilent


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PRONUNCIATION:

(MAS-uh-luhnt)

MEANING:

adjective:
1. Lean or emaciated.
2. Lacking in substance.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin macilentus (lean). Earliest documented use: before 1425.

USAGE:

“Then he pulled up abruptly and turned to look back at Haggarty’s macilent form as it retreated up the corridor.”
Clive Allan; The Well of the Dead; Troubador; 2017.

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