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