† pretextateadj.
Roman History. Obsolete. rare.
Of a person: wearing a praetexta.
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rose-coloured1546
togeda1616
rug-gowned1630
togated1634
pretextate1657
black-robed1673
ermined1735
night-robed1799
snow-white1847
togate1851
vestmented1859
togaed1860
kimonoed1894
1657 R. Lovelace in J. Hall tr. Hierocles Golden Verses Pythagoras sig. A4 A Senatour Pretextat, that couldst sway The Fasces.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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adj.1657- to live on the smell of an oil rag
- to live on the smell of an oily rag
- to live one's best life
- to live one's dream
- to live one's own life
- to live out
- to live out from a suitcase
- to live out from a suitcases
- to live out of a suitcase
- to live out of a suitcases
- to live over the shop
- to live perqueer
- to live recluse
- to live retiredly
- to live sole
- to live tally
- to live the dream
- to live the high life
- to live the life of riley
- to live through
- to live to fight another day
- to live to regret
- to live to regret something
- to live to see the day
- to live to tell the tale