Skirted

adj, verb

adj, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of skirt form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Wearing a skirt. not-comparable

    "[…] a small glass box in which you wander, swivel, waver, flashing your flesh like a skirted girl doing cartwheels on the lawn."

  2. 2
    Having a skirt. not-comparable

    "Carefully the child tried to cover her deformed leg under her skirted pyjamas."

  3. 3
    Bordered. not-comparable
  4. 4
    Passed around; evaded. not-comparable

    "a skirted topic of conversation"

  5. 5
    Narrowly missed. not-comparable

Synonyms

All synonyms
beskirtedtrimmed

Example

More examples

"I felt that he skirted around the most important issues."

Etymology

From skirt + -ed.

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