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widow's weeds

widow's weeds noun: black garments worn by widows in mourning.

Noun

widow's weeds pl (plural only)

  1. (dated, plural, plural-only) black garments worn by widows in mourning
  2. (plural, plural-only) a stamp bearing a portrait of Queen Victoria wearing mourning clothes

Origin of widow's weeds

From (now) fossil word weeds (“garments, esp. mourning garments”), from Old English wǣd (“garment”).

Questions about widow's weeds

What does widow's weeds mean?
Widow's weeds means black garments worn by widows in mourning.
What part of speech is widow's weeds?
Widow's weeds is a noun.

Words near widow's weeds in the dictionary

  1. widow's pennies
  2. widow's penny
  3. widow's silk
  4. widow's walk
  5. widow's walks
  6. widow's weeds
  7. widow-hunter
  8. widow-hunters
  9. widow-maker
  10. widow-makers
  11. widow-wail

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