clothed

[klohth]

Origin

verb (used with object), clothed or clad, cloth·ing.

to dress; attire.

to provide with clothing.

to cover with or as with clothing.

Origin:
before 950; Middle English clothen, Old English clāthian, derivative of clāth cloth

Related forms

half-clothed, adjective

pre·clothe, verb (used with object), -clothed, -cloth·ing.

re·clothe, verb (used with object), -clothed or -clad, -cloth·ing.

un·der·clothed, adjective

well-clothed, adjective

Can be confused: close, cloth, clothe, clothes, cloze (see synonym note at close).

Synonyms
1. robe, garb, array, accouter, bedeck.

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Clothed is always a great word to know.

So is doohickey. Does it mean:

an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

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Word Origin & History

clothe

O.E. claþian (see cloth).

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