ashy
/ˈæʃi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.57 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Resembling ashes (especially in colour); (of a person’s complexion) unusually pale as a result of strong emotion, illness, etc.
adj
Comprising, containing, or covered with ash.
Example Sentences
- "Still is he sullein, still he lowres and frets, / Twixt crimson shame, and anger ashie pale,"
- "Tell her that sicknesse, with her ashie hand, / Hath swept away the beauty from my cheekes,"
- "Again the operation; again the narcotic; again some return of colour to the ashy cheeks, and the regular breathing of healthy sleep."
- "Beyond that black clot the sea lay, pale with last ashy gleam of day."
- "Ye heauenly spirites, whose ashie cinders lie / Vnder deep ruines, with huge walls opprest,"
- "[W]here yet the Embers glow, / Wide o’er the Pyle the sable Wine they throw, / And deep subsides the ashy Heap below."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: asshy