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faded, ppl. a.|ˈfeɪdɪd|
[f. as fadeable a. + -ed1.]
That has lost its freshness and vigour; withered, decayed, worn out.
1580Baret Alv. F. 16 Withered, faded, flaccidus. 1595Spenser Colin Clout 27 The fields with faded flowers did seem to mourne. 1667Milton P.L. i. 602 Care Sat on his faded cheek. 1725Pope Odyss. xx. 64 Her [Nature's] faded powers with balmy rest renew. 1775T. Percival Philos., Med. & Exp. Ess. (1776) III. 223 Like faded cheese. 1797Mrs. Radcliffe Italian xxxi. (1824) 705 The condition of Vivaldi, his faded appearance..were [etc.]. 1820Keats Hyperion i. 90 Old Saturn lifted up His faded eyes. 1860Farrar Orig. Lang. vi. 116 Every language is a dictionary of faded metaphors. 1874Green Short Hist. iv. 177 The faded glories of Arthur's Court. 1892Daily News 8 Sept. 6/4 That unenviable cognomen of faded flowers.
Hence ˈfadedly adv.
18..Dickens (Webster), A dull room fadedly furnished. |