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loafered

loafered is the simple past and past participle of loafer.

Meaning of loafer

Verb

loafer (third-person singular simple present loafers, present participle loafering, simple past and past participle loafered)

  1. (dialectal, intransitive) To loaf around; to be idle.

See all 5 meanings of loafer

Adjective

loafered (not comparable)

  1. Wearing a loafer or loafers.
    • P. J. stuck an impeccably loafered-and-bobby-socked foot upon the desk and glared at it.1944 October, Clariss Ross, “Northwestern for Its Pretty Girls”, in Justine Miller, Charlotte Rogers, editors, Purple Parrot, volume XXIV, number 1, Evanston, Ill.: Student Publishing Company...
    • He leaned back and put his expensively loafered feet on one of my chairs. Apparently he was willing to cough up some change for footwear.2006, Karen MacInerney, Murder on the Rocks, page 6

Origin of loafered

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

From loafer + -ed.

Questions about loafered

What does loafered mean?
Loafered means wearing a loafer or loafers.
What is loafered the simple past and past participle of?
Loafered is the simple past and past participle of loafer.
What part of speech is loafered?
Loafered is an adjective.

Words near loafered in the dictionary

  1. loafed
  2. loafed about
  3. loafed around
  4. loafer
  5. loaferdom
  6. loafered
  7. loafering
  8. loaferish
  9. loafers
  10. loafin'
  11. loafing

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