dight
1
9.9
Having special clothes or items for an event
- adjective
- /daɪt/
- Archaic
:
vestido
- The knights were dight in shining armor before the battle began.
Examples
-
Thrice this right hand did holy wedlock plight, and thrice this left with pledged ring was dight.
Fiction book (1996) -
The adventurers were dight with supplies and gear necessary for their journey.
-
In the past, brides were often dight in elaborate gowns for their weddings.
Synonyms
8
5.4
Wearing special or formal clothes
is archaic and refers more broadly to dressing or equipping, not only fine clothes
9.9
Dressed or decorated for a special event
is broader, applying to dressing or equipping for any special purpose
vestmented
vsdight
9.9
Wearing special clothes for a ceremony, especially church robes
is a general archaic term for dressing or equipping for a special purpose
How Dressed
well-dressed
50
2.4
50
2.4
dressed-up
46
2.7
46
2.7
dight
1
9.9
- Archaic
1
9.9
casual
63
1.3
63
1.3
underdressed
8
4.2
8
4.2
naked
∞
1.0
- NSFW
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
dight positive
Etymology
Dight comes from the same old English idea of being 'made ready', so when someone or something is dight it means 'dressed' or 'equipped' for a purpose, as a hall or a guest prepared for a feast.