marcid

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin marcidus.

Adjective

marcid (comparative more marcid, superlative most marcid)

(archaic) lean, withered.
- 1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC:
  
  He was a gaunt and marcid creature, very tall and thin […]

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