Dictionary

aproned en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English apron 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 aproned From apron + -ed.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Wearing an apron.
   • 1892, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle, Holmes pushed open the door of the private bar and ordered two glasses of beer from the ruddy-faced, white-aproned landlord.
   • Together they contemplate the picture: the young wife with the daring clothes and gaudy jewellery striding through the front door, impatiently sniffing the air; the husband, colourless Mr Right, apronned, stirring a pot in the steaming kitchen. 1999, J. M. Coetzee, chapter 2, in Disgrace, New York: Viking, page 14:
   • 1892, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Cardboard Box, It was a very long street of two-story brick houses, neat and prim, with whitened stone steps and little groups of aproned women gossiping at the doors.
   • The corridor was alive. Clusters of aproned figures mixed and disengaged. 1946, Mervyn Peake, “The Great Kitchen”, in Titus Groan, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode:
2. (in-compounds, not-comparable) Bearing some specific type of apron.
   • […] said Douglas Mancini, a red-aproned bartender at Keens Steakhouse on West 36th Street off Avenue of the Americas. 2006 April 23, John Freeman Gill, The New York Times, archived from the original on 15 Apr 2024:

Forms

Deriveds

unaproned

Translations (1)

pt aventalado (wearing an apron)