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pleaty

pleaty adjective: pleated.

Adjective

pleaty

  1. pleated
    • In a plushy peplum jacket of brown cotton velvet, $60; a pleaty skirt of brown or grey wool flannel, $44; […]1970, New York Magazine, volume 3, number 36, page 5

Origin of pleaty

From pleat + -y.

Questions about pleaty

What does pleaty mean?
Pleaty means pleated.
What part of speech is pleaty?
Pleaty is an adjective.

Words near pleaty in the dictionary

  1. pleatings
  2. pleatless
  3. pleatlessness
  4. pleatlike
  5. pleats
  6. pleaty
  7. pleb
  8. plebanate
  9. plebanates
  10. plebbier
  11. plebbiest

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