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handkerchieved

handkerchieved is the alternative form of handkerchiefed.

Meaning of handkerchiefed

Adjective

handkerchiefed (not comparable)

  1. Wearing a handkerchief (neckwear).
    • […]whatever was lost in elegance, was compensated in another point of view: their necks, of the most luxuriant prominence, ‘[…]’ were modestly handkerchiefed to their throats;[…].1803, S[amuel] J[ackson] Pratt, “To the Reader”, in Gleanings in England; Descriptive of the Countenance, Mind, and Character of the Country. With New Views of Peace and War., volume III, London: […]...

Questions about handkerchieved

What is handkerchieved the alternative form of?
Handkerchieved is the alternative form of handkerchiefed.

Words near handkerchieved in the dictionary

  1. handkerchiefed
  2. handkerchiefful
  3. handkerchieffuls
  4. handkerchiefless
  5. handkerchiefs
  6. handkerchieved
  7. handkerchieves
  8. Handkes
  9. handknit
  10. handknits
  11. handknitted

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Adapted from Wiktionary: handkerchieved (page history and authors); handkerchiefed (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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