clothed

English

Alternative forms

• cloathed (obsolete)

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

English clothe

Middle English -ed

English -ed

English clothed

From clothe + -ed.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkləʊðd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkloʊðd/

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• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈkloðd/
• (Wales, without the toe–tow merger) IPA^(key): /ˈkloːðd/
• Rhymes: -əʊðd

Verb

clothed

1. simple past and past participle of clothe

Adjective

clothed (not comparable)

1. Wearing clothes or clothing.

Synonyms

• clad, dressed, raimented; see also Thesaurus:clothed

1. He arrived fully clothed despite the heat.

   modestly clothed

   richly clothed

   scantily clothed

Antonyms

• unclothed

Derived terms

• clothedness
• nonclothed
• overclothed
• plainclothed
• plain-clothed

Translations

wearing clothing

• German: bekleidet (de)
• Greek: ντυμένος (el) (ntyménos), άγδυτος (el) (ágdytos)
• Latin: amictus
• Māori: kaikahu, mau kākahu
• Russian: оде́тый (ru) (odétyj)
• Swedish: påklädd (sv)

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

English cloth

Middle English -ed

English -ed

English clothed

From cloth + -ed.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /klɔθt/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /klɑθt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /klɒθt/

Adjective

clothed (not comparable)

1. Covered with a cloth.

   a white-clothed table