waisted en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- wāstʹĭd
- /ˈweɪstɪd/
- (US) audio
Etymology
From waist + -ed.
Meanings
- (in-compounds, not-comparable) Having some specific type of waist.
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(not-comparable) Narrower in the middle.
In his black suit he stood in the dark glass where the lilies leaned so palely from their waisted cutglass vase.
1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses, →ISBN, page 3:
Deriveds
wasp-waisted · long-waisted · shallow-waisted · empire-waisted · waisted drum · short-waisted · unwaisted
Translations (2)
tr belli (having some specific type of waist) · fi -vyötäröinen (having some specific type of waist)