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half-mourning en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A mourning costume less than deep or full mourning, worn somewhat later after the death.
    • "Very nice of Miss Hutchins to go into half-mourning, Parkinson," he remarked as they went along. "Thoughtful, and yet not ostentatious." 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:
  2. (UK, humorous, obsolete, slang, uncountable) The condition of having one black eye.