Dictionary

skirted en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Germanic *skertaną Proto-Germanic *skurtaz Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ Old Norse skyrtabor. Middle English skyrte English skirt English -ed English skirted From skirt + -ed.

Meanings

(not-comparable) Wearing a skirt.
- […] a small glass box in which you wander, swivel, waver, flashing your flesh like a skirted girl doing cartwheels on the lawn. 2007, Naomi Guttman, Wet Apples, White Blood, page 68:
(not-comparable) Having a skirt.
- The women whose new jobs required pants, overalls, or skirted uniforms broke dramatically with convention. 2017, Lynn Dumenil, The Second Line of Defense: American Women and World War I, Chapel Hill, N.C.: The University of North Carolina Press, →ISBN, page 216:
- Women should wear skirted suits or dresses with dress shoes; pantsuits are not usually worn. 2012, Jeanette S. Martin, Lillian H. Chaney, Global Business Etiquette: A Guide to International Communication and Customs, 2nd edition, Praeger, →ISBN, page 87:
- Carefully the child tried to cover her deformed leg under her skirted pyjamas. 1979, Qurratulain Hyder, A Woman’s Life, Chetana Publications:
(not-comparable) Bordered.
(not-comparable) Passed around; evaded.
- a skirted topic of conversation
(not-comparable) Narrowly missed.