alcoved en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English alcove Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English alcoved From alcove + -ed.
Meanings
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(in-compounds, not-comparable, sometimes) Having (a specified type or number of) alcoves.
The studio was a high room; its east end was alcoved and had five casement windows in a row […].
1944, Emily Carr, “Studio”, in The House of All Sorts: