Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reform dress

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.33 in modern English

Syllables: re-for-m -dress
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Women's clothing that avoided corseting and other constraints in favour of a looser, more comfortable fit, especially as part of a movement to make women's clothing more healthy and rational; an individual dress made according to such principles.

Example Sentences

"We cannot see wherein the reform dress we recommend is unbecoming."
"Many women had a horror of reform dress, regarding it as nothing more than a flabby, badly fitting bag made of cheap material and depriving the wearer of the very last vestige of gracefulness and elegance."

Inflected Forms

reform dresses (plural)

Phrases

rational dress

Frequently Paired Words

rational dress

Questions

What does reform dress mean?: Women's clothing that avoided corseting and other constraints in favour of a looser, more comfortable fit, especially as part of a movement to make women's clothing more healthy and rational; an individual dress made according to such principles.

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