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kimonoed

kimonoed

8.2
Wearing a kimono
  • adjective
translation icon : vestido de kimono
  • Weston made a photograph of Modotti's hands, folded against her kimonoed stomach.

And he's he's scratching his head over my resume and he's he's wearing a kimono.

Examples

  • The kimonoed dancer performed beautifully, her movements flowing with the fabric.

  • The security man opened a fire door, and I followed him into an alley where Gina, all henna-wigged and kimonoed, stood among the company smokers.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • At the traditional festival, I saw many kimonoed women gracefully moving through the crowd.

  • For the tea ceremony, she dressed in a stunning kimonoed outfit that captivated all the guests.

Synonyms

gowned
vskimonoed
  • Formal
1 4.5

Wearing a long loose piece of clothing used in hospitals or formal events

is a specific traditional Japanese robe rather than a general formal garment

Surface Forms

kimonoed positive

Morphology

kimonoed = kimono (transparent) = kimono + ed

Denominal adjective formed by adding '-ed' to the noun 'kimono', meaning 'wearing a kimono', which is a regular and guessable pattern for learners.

Etymology

Kimonoed comes from the Japanese word kimono, which comes from ki 'to wear' and mono 'thing'. The -ed ending means 'wearing', so kimonoed simply means 'wearing a kimono'.