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dwindled, ppl. a.|ˈdwɪnd(ə)ld|
[f. as prec. + -ed1.]
That has wasted away, or become gradually less; shrunken; reduced to insignificance.
1602Marston Ant. & Mel. i. Wks. 1856 I. 14 He hath a dwindled legge. 1796Burke Regic. Peace iv. Wks. IX. 86 The degenerate and pusillanimous impatience of our dwindled race. 1828Scott F.M. Perth xxxii, A poor dwindled dwarf. 1850Robertson Serm. Ser. iii. vii. 97 This dwindled Humanity of ours. |