"edified" as adjective (?)
"Parsons, his attention caught by the trumpet call, sat listening with a sort of gaping solemnity, a sort of edified boredom".

What's the meaning of "edified" here?

Question

"edified" as adjective (?)
"Parsons, his attention caught by the trumpet call, sat listening with a sort of gaping solemnity, a sort of edified boredom".

What's the meaning of "edified" here?

Answer

This is how the Oxford dictionary defines edify.
Instruct or improve (someone) morally or intellectually.

Edified is a participle being used as an adjective.
The meaning here doesn't fit the dictionary definition.
My guess is that Parsons looks bored and superior.

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Yes, that make sense in the context. Thanks.

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A pleasant boredom. Parsons is enjoying the boredom.

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