OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 35806

sere

/sɪə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
marchito • seco
Without moisture; dry.
The autumn winds rushing / Waft the leaves that are searest, / But our flower was in flushing, / When blighting was nearest.
[T]he recitation of Border Minstrelsy, or a well-sung ballad, served to revive the sere and yellow leaf of age by their refreshing memories of the pleasurable past.
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