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necktied en · ADJ

Etymology

From necktie + -ed.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Wearing a necktie.
    • One can see him any afternoon driving augustly on Bellevue Avenue or along the ocean drive, well gloved, well shod, and brilliantly necktied, in his landau […] 1895 July 1, Robert Grant, “The Art Of Living: The Summer Problem”, in Scribner's Magazine:
    • Charles Kuralt is not so gone as those crowds of suited, necktied men watching baseball in snap-brim fedoras are gone, but he is gone nonetheless. 1994 April 5, Russell Baker, “Observer; Gone With America”, in New York Times: