Meanings
- not comparableClothed, dressed, wearing clothing, often of a specified type.
Never did such an attired pair dance together, I ween.
1901, John Sergeant Wise, The End of an Era, page 4095 more examples
This was at the height of the Age of Fans; these indispensable arms, as constant accompaniment to an attired lady as a sword to a well-equipped gentleman, were often much more costly than this, being generally curiously mounted, and richly adorned.
1840 February, “Glimps of the Domestic Economy of Bygone Times”, in The Magazine of Domestic Economy, volume 5, number 56, page 241Seen from its base, Mount Namjagbarwa resembles an attired god with white clouds as his belt.
2007, Ying Liu, Natural Wonders in China, page 15Malvery recounts such an attired 'foreigner' attempting to address her in a train.
2012, E. Godfrey, Femininity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature and SocietyIn 1900 he painted a large and ambitious canvas of an attired maid combing a nude's hair, La Toilette de la Baigneuse, which is more extended and conclusive than any of his previous works.
2021, Willard Huntington Wright, Modern Painting: Its Tendency andd MeaningHer limbs, too, consist of bones hinged together, emerging out of a dress—as if she is simply an attired skeleton.
2023, Robert L. Pincus, On a Scale that Competes with the World
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of attire
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivedressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Polish odziany
- odzianyheraldry: said of the horns of an animal when they are of a different tincture to its head
Scottish Gaelic adharcach
- adharcachheraldry: said of the horns of an animal when they are of a different tincture to its head
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with attired
Cite this entry
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