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hosened

hosened adjective: wearing hosen.

Adjective

hosened (not comparable)

  1. Wearing hosen.
    • I, tae, by God’s especial grace, / Dwall denty in a bieldy place, / Wi’ hosened feet, wi’ shaven face, / Wi’ dacent mainners: / A grand example to the race / O’ tautit sinners!1887, Robert Louis Stevenson, “[Poem XIII]”, in Underwoods (in Scots), London: Chatto and Windus, […], →OCLC, book II (In Scots), page 127
    • “Well, I will let you off this time,” said Maurice royally, stretching his limbs luxuriously and putting one hosened foot on the mantel-shelf as high as his head.1899, S[amuel] R[utherford] Crockett, “Joan of the Sword”, in The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women, volume X, London: Ward, Lock & Co., […], chapter XXVIII (The Red Lion...

Origin of hosened

From hosen + -ed.

Questions about hosened

What does hosened mean?
Hosened means wearing hosen.
What part of speech is hosened?
Hosened is an adjective.

Words near hosened in the dictionary

  1. hoseman
  2. hosemen
  3. hosemonkey
  4. hosemonkeys
  5. hosen
  6. hosened
  7. hosenkoside
  8. hosenkosides
  9. hosepack
  10. hosepacks
  11. hosepipe

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