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verandaed

verandaed

1 5.3
Having a covered open area outside a house for sitting
  • adjective
  • /vɛˈrændəd/
: con veranda
  • The Winslows lived in an old, wide-verandaed house on Crest Avenue.

Examples

  • There are wharves of heavy masonry; the governor's residence, a verandaed bungalow shut in with green persiennes, standing on a little eminence some distance back from the water; and one narrow street of heavy white stone houses with flat roofs, fringing the shore.

    Blog text (22)

  • These graceful verandaed houses can be seen throughout the historic district.

  • The Winslows lived in an old, wide-verandaed house on Crest Avenue.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • During the summer, we enjoyed sitting on the verandaed porch, sipping lemonade.

Surface Forms

verandaed positive

Morphology

verandaed = veranda (transparent) = veranda + ed

Formed regularly from the noun 'veranda' with '-ed' meaning 'having or provided with', which learners can infer.

Etymology

Verandaed comes from veranda, a word that came into English from India through Portuguese and once meant a 'balcony' or 'railing'. Think of a house with a covered porch: verandaed means 'having a veranda', so it describes a building with that outdoor, covered place.