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dressing-gowned

dressing-gowned adjective: wearing a dressing gown.

Adjective

dressing-gowned (not comparable)

  1. Wearing a dressing gown.
    • They were fed, washed, night-gowned and even dressing-gowned; […]1913, Arnold Bennett, The Regent: A Five Towns Story of Adventure in London, Bernhard Tauchnitz, page 244
    • The dressing-gowned one had reappeared at the end of the bed, tugging at the bed-rail with both hands and yelling.2014, Bill Douglas, Mad Worlds: A Tale of Despair and Hope in 1950s England, Matador, →ISBN, page 66

Origin of dressing-gowned

From dressing gown + -ed.

Questions about dressing-gowned

What does dressing-gowned mean?
Dressing-gowned means wearing a dressing gown.
What part of speech is dressing-gowned?
Dressing-gowned is an adjective.

Words near dressing-gowned in the dictionary

  1. dressing-boy
  2. dressing-boys
  3. dressing-down
  4. dressing-downs
  5. dressing-gown
  6. dressing-gowned
  7. dressing-gowns
  8. dressing-room
  9. dressing-rooms
  10. dressing-table
  11. dressing-tables

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