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marcescent
adj 2
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3ADJ.
tenacious
VERB + MARCESCENT
monkeys
MARCESCENT + NOUN
eyelids
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adj
1
Withered, but still attached.
How often is the flower of human life marcescent, tenacious of its old estate when the blooming-time is past.
“But,” she answered, “granting that Mon Cul is a remarkable creature, that he is the elder statesman among monkeys, that his marcescent eyelids have opened upon sights and splendors about which the most romantic among us only dream,[…]”
2
Able to revive when moistened.
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How often is the flower of human life marcescent, tenacious of its old estate when the blooming-time is past.
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“But,” she answered, “granting that Mon Cul is a remarkable creature, that he is the elder statesman among monkeys, that his marcescent eyelids have opened upon sights and splendors about which the mo
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