draped
/dɹeɪpt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.18 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
verb
simple past and past participle of drape
Example Sentences
- "The Venus Victrix is more draped than we expected from the subject, for the Princess Borghèse lay for it, as all the scandalous Chronicles have repeated a dozen times, in a state of nudity— certainly not consistent with the notions of female decency entertained in our climate."
- "He was followed (literally) by a troupe of very draped ladies, exactly the score of 'love-sick maidens', led by an imperious Lady Jane."
- "The hero, of whom only part of the nude torso and draped lower body is preserved, reclines toward the right on a draped kline."
- "And for the newly mobilized, vacationing multitudes after the Second World War, there were the "Colonial" pilgrimages, which allowed lowly folk to step inside the very draped and chandeliered rooms where our Betters had lived out their Elegant and Traditional Colonial Lives."
- "Valances, swags, or cornices may be installed over draped walls to enhance the impression of a window treatment."
- "As Marilyn led them down the hallway, Lorna glanced into the partially draped rooms."
Inflected Forms
more draped (comparative)
most draped (superlative)