spired
spired adjective: having a spire.
Adjective
spired (not comparable)
- having a spire
- Perhaps some one of the multitude excites special attention, some gigantic castle with turret and battlement, or some Gothic cathedral more abundantly spired than Milan's.1894, John Muir, The Mountains of California
- This was true not only of the trip on the steamer, the arrival at Enkoeping with its little old-fashioned red houses, the meeting with Mr. Swanson, the drive of thirty miles or more inland, the arrival at the sexton's house not far from a white spired church, and the introduction to a seemingly...1922, Edwin Bjorkman, The Soul of a Child
Origin of spired
From spire + -ed.
Words formed from spired
Words that rhyme with spired
Questions about spired
- What does spired mean?
- Spired means having a spire.
- What part of speech is spired?
- Spired is an adjective.
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