ringed en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ɹɪŋd/
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Marked with rings, circles, or loops.
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(archaic, literary, not-comparable) Wearing a wedding ring; hence, lawfully wedded.
I was born of a true man and a ring'd wife, and I can't argue upon it; but I and my old woman 'ud burn upon it, that would we.
1875, Alfred Tennyson, Queen Mary: A Drama, London: Henry S. King & Co., →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 4:There were older men – journalists; some smart and carefully costumed, ringed, scented, and adorned; and some of the Bohemian school […]
1884, Maria M. Grant, So True a Love, page 144:
Deriveds
ringed dove · ringed paper wasp · nose-ringed · unringed · ringed plover · ringed snake · blue-ringed octopus · ringed space · locally ringed space · little ringed plover · eye-ringed flatbill · ringed spinytail iguana · ringed worm · ringed kingfisher · gold-ringed cat snake · ringed xenica · rose-ringed parakeet · ringed seal
Translations (3)
ga fáinneach (marked with rings, circles, or loops) · la ānulātus (marked with rings, circles, or loops) · fr annelé (marked with rings, circles, or loops)