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pajamaed

pajamaed

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A person who is wearing pajamas
  • adjective
  • /pəˈdʒɑːməˌɛd/
  • US
translation icon : vestido de pijama
  • She felt comfortable and relaxed in her pajamaed outfit while reading a book.

Examples

  • Jackie smoothed his rumpled hair, stretched stiffly, wiped at his moustache, and tucked the railway blanket around his silk-pajamaed legs.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Like cousins, we were pajamaed and giggling.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • She came over, all pajamaed and pillowed and snuggled in.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • 'Do you know what I want for Christmas?' he asked, rubbing away his liquid moustache with a pajamaed forearm.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • The pajamaed shoulders shrugged.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • There I placed her upon Elizabeth's side of the bed, pulled the quilt up to her chin, and wrapped one pajamaed arm around her small, heaving back.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • Women read aloud to pajamaed children lying on floors, chins cupped in hands, half in shadow, half embraced by circles of lamplight.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • The children were all pajamaed, ready for a cozy movie night at home.

  • After her evening shower, he found her pajamaed and sipping tea on the couch.

Surface Forms

pajamaed positive

Morphology

pajamaed = pajama (transparent) = pajama + ed

The adjective is formed by a straightforward adjectival use of the past-participial '-ed' on the noun 'pajama', so the meaning 'wearing pajamas' is directly inferable from the base.

Etymology

Pajamaed comes from the word pajama, borrowed from Hindi and Urdu where it meant 'leg clothing' or loose 'pants for sleeping'. So, pajamaed simply means 'wearing pajamas', which helps you picture someone in sleep clothes.