desolated, ppl. a.
(ˈdɛsəleɪtɪd)
[f. prec. + -ed.]
Made or left desolate; see prec.
| 1580 Sidney Ps. xxii. xii, Save..My desolated life from dogged might. a 1700 Dryden Ovid's Metam. i. (R.), Tell how we may..people desolated earth. 1793 J. Williams Mem. W. Hastings 41, I am a stranger to the private manners of this desolated gentleman. 1806 J. Forbes Lett. France II. 64 The entangled walks of the desolated gardens. 1809 Campbell Gertr. Wyom. i. xvii, In vain the desolated panther flies. 1818 Byron Ch. Har. iv. xxi, Bare and desolated bosoms. |