full-dressedadj.
/ˌfʊlˈdrɛst/, U.S. /ˌfʊlˈdrɛst/ 1. Fully dressed; wearing full dress.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > other
slitteredc1380
tatteredc1380
accoutredc1540
suiteda1592
undressed1605
uniforma1626
full-dressed1731
tucky1748
underdresseda1784
costumed1820
décolleté1831
fancy dressed1836
winter-clad1836
sacked1847
evening-dressed1848
mufti1853
tailor-made1896
swim-suited1955
1731 Present State Republick Lett. 7 415 The Jaws are so large, and the Gullet so wide, that he [sc. a shark] can swallow a full dres'd Man.
1756 World 24 June 1096 Apollo was full-drest in a suit of rusty black,..roll-up stockings,..but no shirt.
1806 T. S. Surr Winter in London III. v. 161 I have no objection in the world to full-dressed assemblies.
1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. I. 206/2 There are hours and occasions when she needs not be full-dressed.
1900 Leicester Chron. & Leics. Mercury 12 May (Suppl.) 4/2 He went upstairs..and flung himself, full-dressed, on the bed.
1920 Everybody's Mag. Jan. 21/1 Suppose..the police were to put up a full-dressed dummy of a boy and a full-dressed dummy of a girl, and were to insist that [etc.].
1992 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 23 Mar. c8 The Princess kneeled down by the bed on which the Duchess was lying, full-dressed and wide-awake.
2. Of a coat, suit, etc.: = full dress adj. 1. Now rare.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [adjective] > coat > other
full-dressed1752
broad-skirted1809
swallow-tailed1824
shad-bellied1832
square-tailed1837
cut-off1840
cutaway1841
sack1847
raglan1858
swing-back1862
Prince Albert1873
box back1892
highwayman1892
sack-back1892
sport utility1925
teddy bear1925
Redfern1932
sports utility1940
Crombie1951
1752 A. Murphy Gray's Inn Jrnl. No. 14. ⁋2 In a full-dressed Coat, with long Skirts.
1766 E. Buys Sewel's Compl. Dict. Eng. & Dutch (new ed.) II. 772/1 Een Vrouwe tabbert, a Woman's gown, a full dress'd gown.
1769 S. Gunning Hermit I. vi. 42 A full-dressed suit of dark green grogram.
1842 Spirit of Times 26 Nov. 466/3 They dressed up a figure in an old full-dressed coat.
1918 Our Navy (U.S.) Jan. 56/3 I rented me a full dressed suit and was all night embarrassed—so much of my shirt was showing.
1978 A. Calder-Marshall Two Duchesses x. 102 He had escaped in a full dressed coat, Mme Necker in the clothes she stood up in.
3. Of an event, occasion, etc.: at which full formal dress and ceremony is expected. Also more generally: full-blown; observing all the usual customs or conventions. Cf. full dress adj. 2.
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society > leisure > social event > type of social event > [adjective] > specific type of social event
full-dressed1798
white tie1876
stay-on1900
1798 M. J. Young Rose-mount Castle I. xv. 145 The first evening was devoted to fashion and a full-dressed ball.
1834 M. Boddington Slight Reminisc. Rhine I. ii. 20 The Parc is much inferior to the garden of the Tuileries (always unrivalled in the stiff, full-dressed way).
1859 Observer 5 June 5/6 In the afternoon there was a regatta, and in the evening..a full-dressed ball.
1921 Bankers', Insurance Managers' & Agents' Mag. Jan. 99 Agitation with regard to the national expenditure culminated in a full-dressed Debate in the House of Commons.
1958 G. B. A. Coker Family Property among Yorubas xii. 234 All the fetish elements and ceremonies of the full-dressed event are excluded.
1985 G. H. Cassar Trag. Sir John French 15 This book..is not a full-dressed biography of French but a study of him as a soldier.
2008 S. A. Brobbey Law Chieftaincy Ghana xviii. 535 Formal written charges do not need to be preferred..and there is no need for a full dressed trial.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1731