Meanings
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of affiance
adjectiveaffianced (not comparable)
- literarynot comparableengaged; betrothed
Their relationship, closeted because Wani is nominally affianced, isn't the only secret they share: Wani has introduced Nick to cocaine, a different line of beauty and emblematic of the perilous gratifications the 1980's have seemingly underwritten.
2004 October 31, Anthony Quinn, “'The Line of Beauty': The Last Good Summer”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
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APA
affianced. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affianced
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“affianced.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affianced. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “affianced,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affianced.
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