Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

morning-dressed

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.37 in modern English

Syllables: morn-ing--dressed
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

In morning dress.

Example Sentences

"If at considerable inconvenience, he puts on evening dress for some banquet or special function, he will find himself, at the last moment, bundled off in his war paint to report a hastily-convened labour deputation to a Cabinet Minister, the banquet having to be attended by a morning-dressed colleague who immediately assumes the frame of mind and temper of the concert scribe referred to."
"[…]its collection of exotics and normals, cranks and curious, well dressed and ill-dressed and morning-dressed."
"They gaze down at the matchlessly morning-dressed Lord Brentford, at Lord Birkenhead, grey-coated and inscrutable."
"He was concluding one of the touchiest royal occasions in recent memory, an anonymous morning-dressed figure taking the black-gloved hand with a formal shake."

Etymology

From morning dress + -ed.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: morning dress

Questions

What does morning-dressed mean?: In morning dress.
Where does morning-dressed come from?: From morning dress + -ed.

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