suited en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈsuːtɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈsjuː-/ (Received-Pronunciation, dated)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈsutɪd/ (General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *sékʷetor Proto-Italic *sekʷōr Vulgar Latin sequor, sequi Vulgar Latin *sequere Vulgar Latin *sequita Old French siute Anglo-Norman suitebor. Middle English sute English suit Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English suited From suit + -ed.
Meanings
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(for or an adverb, usually, with to) Suitable.
So I heard AM radio. It seemed to me very suited for the road.
1978, Edward Dorn, in Edward Dorn; Stephen Fredman, An Interview with Edward Dorn, page 38:Particular Forms suited to particular occasions, I have endeavour’d to provide in this Treatise, for general ones, Morning and Evening, you may use these which follow.
1685, Richard Lucas, The Duty of Servants […], page 55:In saying that London is more suited to me than Birmingham, I mean more suited to me as a missioner; therefore it would absorb my time in mission etc work, while Birmingham does not.
1849 March 29, John Henry Newman, “[Letter to Frederick William Faber]”, in Charles Stephen Dessain, editor, The Letters and Diaries of John Henry Newman, volume 13, published 1963, page 94:It follows a rather tortuous course to avoid the high ground and, from the first, was obviously more suited to be part of a main line than a purely local undertaking.
1958 May 14, M. F. Barbey, “Some Branch Lines in East Lincolnshire”, in Railway Magazine, page 316:
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(in-compounds) Having the specified kind or number of suits.
a three-suited hand
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(of two or more cards) Of the same suit.
Brunson has ace-king suited in the small blind
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(not-comparable) Wearing a suit.
Skull-caps and alchemical paraphernalia surrounded the seventeenth-century quack, whereas his nineteenth-century equivalent might appear top-hatted and suited, evidently a person of learning and ‘quality’.
2003, Jonathan Swan, Quack Magic: The Dubious History of Health Fads and Cures, Ebury Press, →ISBN:One of the black-suited drivers nodded at his compatriots and slowly walked up to one of the men on the firing line.
2017, Jesse J[ames] Holland, Black Panther: Who Is the Black Panther?, Marvel Worldwide, Inc., →ISBN:“Them?” I pointed to a couple of top-hatted, suited men leaning against a building farther down the street.
2011, Amber Kizer, Wildcat Fireflies, Delacorte Press, →ISBN, page 36:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most suited | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more suited | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
suited-booted · morning-suited · besuited · unsuited · well-suited · empty-suited · suitedness · well suited · ill-suited · zoot-suited · suited and booted · birthday-suited · dress-suited