Meanings
adjectivepleathered (not comparable)
- not comparableDressed or upholstered in pleather.
While many men in the crowd admired the singers’ hair, Miguel Estevez Figueredo stood by a red leather wall in the back of the club, speaking over the din and ignoring the repeated brushes of pleathered shoulders as fans pushed toward the stage.
2015 August 14, Jason Horowitz, “Forget Retro. The Men of Havana Embrace the Reggaeton Look.”, in New York Times
Origin
- Proto-Hellenic*plátʰyō
- Proto-Hellenic*plát͏̌t͏̌ō?
- Ancient Greekπλάσσω (plássō)
- Ancient Greekπλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)
- Latinplasticus
- Englishplastic
- Proto-Celtic*letros
- Proto-Germanic*leþrą
- Proto-West Germanic*leþr
- Old Englishleþer
- Middle Englishlether
- Englishleather
- Englishpleather
- Englishpleathered
Cite this entry
APA
pleathered. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pleathered
MLA
“pleathered.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pleathered. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pleathered,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pleathered.
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