dight
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
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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.
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In the past, brides were often dight in elaborate gowns for their weddings.
Synonyms
1
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
29
2.4
29
2.4
dressed-up
82
2.7
82
2.7
dight
- Archaic
casual
81
1.3
81
1.3
underdressed
5
4.2
5
4.2
naked
982
1.0
- NSFW
982
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.