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roadworn en · ADJ

Etymology

From road + worn.

Meanings

1. Worn out by long travel on roads, or (figurative) in a damaged or depleted state due to constant or prolonged usage or exertion.
   • He looked roadworn and weary, but intact and as robust as I remembered him, considering his injury. 2011, Elizabeth C. Bunce, Liar's Moon, Arthur A. Levine Books, →ISBN, page 192:
   • When he was just beyond the house Kwan Moh Kia dropped down between the shafts, on that March afternoon in 1906, when his aorta exploded like a roadworn tyre. 2003, James Francis Warren, Rickshaw Coolie: A People's History of Singapore, 1880-1940, Singapore University Press, →ISBN, page 275:
   • Now that they were close, Lirith could see the vehicles were more than a little roadworn: wood cracked, gilt peeled, and dust flecked sun-faded paint. 2001, Mark Anthony, The Dark Remains, Bantam Spectra, →ISBN, page 10:

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Relateds

wayworn