night-robedadj.
/ˈnʌɪtrəʊbd/, U.S. /ˈnaɪtˌroʊbd/ That wears a night-robe. Also figurative.
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rose-coloured1546
togeda1616
rug-gowned1630
togated1634
pretextate1657
black-robed1673
ermined1735
night-robed1799
snow-white1847
togate1851
vestmented1859
togaed1860
kimonoed1894
1799 R. B. Sheridan Pizarro Prol. Where night-robed misses amble two by two.
a1879 F. R. Havergal This Same Jesus in Poet. Wks. (1884) 87 He who on the night-robed mountain Bent in prayer the wearied knee.
1908 M. J. Cawein Poems I. 139 She, at her lattice, loosely night-robed, leaned, Thinking of one she loved.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1799- upon the mending hand
- upon the modern
- upon the moment
- upon the move
- upon the neck
- upon the neck of
- upon the nick
- upon the night
- upon the nines
- upon the offensive
- upon the panel
- upon the parish
- upon the penalty of
- upon the perish
- upon the place
- upon the point of
- upon the point to
- upon the postfact
- upon the pulse
- upon the push
- upon the qui vive
- upon the ramble
- upon the randan
- upon the reserve
- upon the rice