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plaided

plaided adjective: of the material of which plaids are made; tartan.

Adjective

plaided (not comparable)

  1. Of the material of which plaids are made; tartan.
    • In plaided vest.c. 1806–1809 (date written), William Wordsworth, “Book First. The Wanderer.”, in The Excursion, being a Portion of The Recluse, a Poem, London: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]...
  2. Wearing a plaid.
    • Is there no Albyn now to wake thy song,
      No chiefs who still their fathers' worth retain,
      No plumed and plaided clans those hills among,
      Worthy to claim the tribute of thy strain?1854, William Campbell, The Raid of Albyn

Origin of plaided

From plaid + -ed.

Words formed from plaided

Questions about plaided

What does plaided mean?
Plaided means of the material of which plaids are made; tartan.
What part of speech is plaided?
Plaided is an adjective.

Words near plaided in the dictionary

  1. plaice
  2. plaices
  3. plaid
  4. Plaid Cymru
  5. plaide
  6. plaided
  7. plaiden
  8. plaidens
  9. plaides
  10. plaiding
  11. plaidings

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