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vestimentary

UK/vɛstɪˈmɛntəɹi/

vestimentary adjective: of or pertaining to clothing.

Adjective

vestimentary (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to clothing.
    • The consumerist age would, however, have the last laugh: his taste for vestimentary simplicity initiated a fashion trend which ended up with Marie-Antoinette and her milkmaid dresses.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 357

Origin of vestimentary

From vestiment + -ary.

Questions about vestimentary

What does vestimentary mean?
Vestimentary means of or pertaining to clothing.
What part of speech is vestimentary?
Vestimentary is an adjective.
How do you pronounce vestimentary?
Vestimentary is pronounced /vɛstɪˈmɛntəɹi/ (UK).

Words near vestimentary in the dictionary

  1. vestigium
  2. vestigy
  3. vestimeniferan
  4. vestiment
  5. vestimental
  6. vestimentary
  7. vestimentiferan
  8. vestimentiferans
  9. vestiments
  10. vesting
  11. vesting in interest

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