Sundayfiedadj.
/ˈsʌndɪfʌɪd/, /ˈsʌndeɪfʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈsəndiˌfaɪd/, /ˈsəndeɪˌfaɪd/ Appropriate for or characteristic of a Sunday; spec. = Sundayed adj.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > showily or fancily dressed > in specific way
in full feather1834
Sundayfied1852
Sundayed1873
partified1928
power-dressed1984
society > leisure > [adjective]
easyc1385
leisurable1607
vacant1615
leisured1631
leisure1669
sauntry1732
Sundayish1797
sauntering1818
toilless1848
off-duty1851
Sundayfied1899
non-work1922
spare-time1931
non-job1932
the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > descriptive of quiet stillness
Sundayfied1899
society > faith > worship > church-going > [adjective] > suited to Sunday
go-to-meeting1790
Sunday-go-to-meeting1831
Sundayfied1899
1852 G. A. Sala in Househ. Words 9 Oct. 83/1 Sunday morning in London streets... The omnibusses..look spruce and ‘Sundayfied’.
1899 C. G. Harper Exeter Road 123 A village..of a Sundayfied stillness.
1904 Hayfield Mower 1 v. 47/1 Really he does look Sundayfied in his long- tailed Prince Albert as he swings up the broad aisle.
1952 M. Henrey Exile in Soho xi. 168 She wore a gym tunic, but the nuns, who loved her, to make it a little more Sundayfied, had given her a blouse with enormous puff sleeves.
1994 tr. P. Gascar in M. Teichman & S. Leder Truth & Lament. i. 163 Those painfully deferential villagers who looked oddly Sundayfied in their dark threadbare town clothes amongst that crowd of peasants.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1852