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wristwatched

wristwatched adjective: wearing a wristwatch.

Adjective

wristwatched (not comparable)

  1. Wearing a wristwatch.
    • The delightful clocks with sonorous chimes in the plazas of European towns (which wristwatched Americans now find quaint and charming) […]1973, Daniel Joseph Boorstin, The Americans: The Democratic Experience, page 362
    • The witness looked up and down at his usual wristwatched arm, which now was without a wristwatch, […]2020, Eddie Bazewicz, Buzzard's-Eye View

Origin of wristwatched

From wristwatch + -ed.

Questions about wristwatched

What does wristwatched mean?
Wristwatched means wearing a wristwatch.
What part of speech is wristwatched?
Wristwatched is an adjective.

Words near wristwatched in the dictionary

  1. wriststrap
  2. wriststraps
  3. wristwarmer
  4. wristwarmers
  5. wristwatch
  6. wristwatched
  7. wristwatches
  8. wristwear
  9. wristwork
  10. wristworn
  11. wristy

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