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second mourning

second mourning noun: a style of dress dictated by etiquette to be allowable after strict mourning dress is no longer required.

Noun

second mourning (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A style of dress dictated by etiquette to be allowable after strict mourning dress is no longer required.
    • I drest myself in my second-mourning suit in which I had been powdered […].1763, James Boswell, edited by Gordon Turnbull, London Journal 1762-1763, Penguin, published 2014, page 237

Questions about second mourning

What does second mourning mean?
Second mourning means a style of dress dictated by etiquette to be allowable after strict mourning dress is no longer required.
What part of speech is second mourning?
Second mourning is a noun.

Words near second mourning in the dictionary

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