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mailed en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • [meɪɫd]
  • /meɪld/

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of mail (“send by post”)
    form of mail

mailed en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • [meɪɫd]
  • /meɪld/

Etymology

From Middle English mayled; equivalent to mail (“chainmail; spot on a bird's feather”) + -ed.

Meanings

  1. Armoured in, protected by, or made of mail.
    • [I]n the niches, instead of the effigies of mailed warriors, stood stuffed-out dresses, such as are worn by the fashionables of the day. 1843, Charles Knight, London, volumes 5-6, page 38:
  2. (rare) Resembling the scales of armor.
    • […] from blossom of lime to perfumed bloom of acacia — darts the humming-bird, his coat of mailed feathers glowing like a gem. 1888, Frederick Albion Ober, A Boy's Adventures in the West Indies, page 169:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more mailed Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most mailed Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

unmailed · mailed catfish · mailed fist

mailed en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • [meɪɫd]
  • /meɪld/

Etymology

From Middle English mayled; equivalent to mail (“chainmail; spot on a bird's feather”) + -ed.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of mail
    form of mail

Relateds

mail