Morning-dressed
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 In morning dress. not-comparable
"If at considerable inconvenience, he puts on evening dress for some banquet or special function, he will find himself, at the last moment, bundled off in his war paint to report a hastily-convened labour deputation to a Cabinet Minister, the banquet having to be attended by a morning-dressed colleague who immediately assumes the frame of mind and temper of the concert scribe referred to."
Example
More examples"If at considerable inconvenience, he puts on evening dress for some banquet or special function, he will find himself, at the last moment, bundled off in his war paint to report a hastily-convened labour deputation to a Cabinet Minister, the banquet having to be attended by a morning-dressed colleague who immediately assumes the frame of mind and temper of the concert scribe referred to."
Etymology
From morning dress + -ed.
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