alligatored

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adjective

Damaged by alligatoring.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

adjectivealligatored (comparative more alligatored, superlative most alligatored)

comparative more alligatored · superlative most alligatored

  1. Damaged by alligatoring.

    Traditional restoration of an original paint scheme would have involved stripping all of the alligatored and deteriorated exterior paint.

    1998, Valérie Dorge, F. Carey Howlett, Painted wood: history and conservation
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of alligator

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveof paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hide

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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APA

alligatored. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alligatored

MLA

“alligatored.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alligatored. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alligatored,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alligatored.

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