marcid

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin marcidus.

Adjective

marcid (comparative more marcid, superlative most marcid)

1. (archaic) lean, withered.
   • 1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC:

     He was a gaunt and marcid creature, very tall and thin […]