plighted
plighted adjective: having plights; pleated; plated; folded. Also the simple past and past participle of plight.
Adjective
plighted (comparative more plighted, superlative most plighted)
- Having plights; pleated; plated; folded.
- Clothes ſhall not bee tacked oꝛ plighted tyll the Auneger hath ſearched them.1588, A Collection in English, of the Statutes now in force, […] , London: […] Deputies of Chriſtopher Barker
- They were call'd Blackfriers from their black Weed or Garmeat, which conſiſts in a white Caſſock and a Patience, over which they wear a Hood all of the ſame Colour: But when they go abroad, they put over their white Cloths a black plighted Cloak with a black Hood.1708, Richard Newcourt, Repertorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense: An Ecclesiastical Parochial History of the Diocese of London, volume 1, London: […] Benj. Motte, page 281
Also used as
plighted is also the simple past and past participle of plight.
Forms of plighted
| comparative | more plighted |
|---|---|
| superlative | most plighted |
Origin of plighted
From plight (“plait, fold”) + -ed.
Questions about plighted
- What does plighted mean?
- Plighted means having plights; pleated; plated; folded.
- What part of speech is plighted?
- Plighted is an adjective.
Words near plighted in the dictionary
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