attired

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adjective

Clothed, dressed, wearing clothing, often of a specified type.

UncommonScrabble 8

Meanings

adjectiveattired (not comparable)
  1. 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 409
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    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 241

    Seen from its base, Mount Namjagbarwa resembles an attired god with white clouds as his belt.

    2007, Ying Liu, Natural Wonders in China, page 15

    Malvery recounts such an attired 'foreigner' attempting to address her in a train.

    2012, E. Godfrey, Femininity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature and Society

    In 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 Meaning

    Her 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
  2. not comparablegovernmentSaid of the horns of an animal when they are of a different tincture to its head.

    Crest: A goat's head erased ar attired or.

    1828, Thomas Allan, The History And Antiquities Of London, Westminster, Southwark and Parts Adjacent
verb
  1. 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

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