Ball-gowned
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Wearing a ball gown. not-comparable
"With a last pat here, a final fingering of the frizzes, and a farewell adjustment of feathers and flowers, the competitors whisk off the wrappers and the twenty-seven ball-gowned young ladies are revealed to us in all the glory of their elaborate coiffures."
Example
More examples"With a last pat here, a final fingering of the frizzes, and a farewell adjustment of feathers and flowers, the competitors whisk off the wrappers and the twenty-seven ball-gowned young ladies are revealed to us in all the glory of their elaborate coiffures."
Etymology
From ball gown + -ed.
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