different between ashen vs chalky
ashen
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æ?.?n/
- Rhymes: -æ??n
Etymology 1
From Middle English asshen, aisshen, esscen, from Old English es?en (“made of ashwood”), equivalent to ash +? -en (“made or consisting of”). Cognate with Scots aschin, eschin (“ashen”).
Adjective
ashen (comparative more ashen, superlative most ashen)
- Made from the wood of the ash-tree.
Translations
Etymology 2
From ash +? -en (“made or consisting of”).
Adjective
ashen (comparative more ashen, superlative most ashen)
- Of or resembling ashes.
- A fine, ashen dust hung in the air.
- Ash-colored; pale; anemic, anaemic.
- His ashen face belied his claims of good health.
Synonyms
- (sickly pale): See also Thesaurus:pallid
Translations
Etymology 3
From ash +? -en (verbal suffix).
Verb
ashen (third-person singular simple present ashens, present participle ashening, simple past and past participle ashened)
- (transitive, intransitive) To turn into ash; make or become ashy
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become pale
Anagrams
- Ehsan, Haens, Hanes, Hanse, Sanhe, Shane, Shean, hanse, heans
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Etymology
From Middle English asshe, from Old English æs?e, from Proto-West Germanic *ask?, from Proto-Germanic *ask?.
Noun
ashen
- ashes
References
- Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN
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chalky
English
Etymology
chalk +? -y
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??ki
Adjective
chalky (comparative chalkier, superlative chalkiest)
- Consisting of or containing chalk.
- Resembling chalk in some way.
- a chalky texture
- (US, sports, chiefly basketball) Of a tournament: in which the favorites win, or expected to win, most of the games.
- 2019: FiveThirtyEight
- It’s funny — even though the bracket has been so chalky, several of the top seeds have looked suspect at times.
- 2019: FiveThirtyEight
Related terms
- chalkiness
References
- chalky in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- hackly
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