besuitedadj.
/bᵻˈs(j)uːtɪd/, U.S. /bəˈsudəd/, /biˈsudəd/ Wearing a suit or a matching set of clothes.
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1959 Odessa (Texas) Amer. 13 Sept. 54/7 Two parts that add up to one suit have gained a new popularity and ponchos, motor coats, ¾ coats and jackets are teamed with skirts to make the youngest miss very much besuited for fall.
1966 H. Davies New London Spy (1967) 206 The sharp besuited ex-Teds with their chicks in the latest continental fashions.
1982 Times 30 Sept. 13/1 A crowd of besuited men (rarely women) shout and scream and wave their arms making incomprehensible signs to exchange paper entitlements to goods they have not the slightest intention of accepting.
2004 Time Out 25 Aug. 137/3 It's a solo show in which a besuited man teases his audience with an absurdist stream-of-consciousness monologue about the meaning(lessness) of life.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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