second mourning

noun

A style of dress dictated by etiquette to be allowable after strict mourning dress is no longer required.

First used 17th–19th c.
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Meanings

nounsecond mourning (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableA style of dress dictated by etiquette to be allowable after strict mourning dress is no longer required.First known use 17th–19th c.

    I drest myself in my second-mourning suit in which I had been powdered […].

    1763, James Boswell, edited by Gordon Turnbull, London Journal 1762-1763, Penguin, published 2014, page 237
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