broideredadj.
/ˈbrɔɪdəd/ 1. Ornamented with needlework; embroidered.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [adjective] > embroidered
steveneda1000
beatena1300
browdedc1386
forbroidena1400
beatc1400
browdenc1425
broideringa1450
brusitc1450
surfleda1529
whipped1548
broidered1560
needle-wrought1562
brawded1572
resplaid1575
stitched1582
embroidered1591
braided1758
1560 J. Heywood Fourth Hundred Epygrams xix. sig. Avii Whens come brawdred[1562 braudered] gardis?
c1570 T. Preston Cambyses in W. C. Hazlitt Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1874) IV. 175 Now may I wear the brodered guard.
1611 Bible (King James) Ezek. xvi. 13 Fine linen & silke, and broidered worke. View more context for this quotation
1621 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Morall Fables (Hart) 45 His hude of scarlet browdered [?a1500 bordowrit] well with silke.
1633 G. Herbert Forerunners in Temple iv Thou wilt soil thy broider'd coat.
1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold I. iv. iii. 253 All covered with broidered peacocks.
2. figurative.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [adjective] > ornamented or decorated
depaint?c1225
ornedc1384
trappeda1400
attiredc1400
bolled1400
picked?c1425
bedighta1440
garnishedc1440
well-apparelledc1450
decorate1460
adorned?1473
ornate?a1475
anorneda1500
decked?a1500
exornate1509
redimite?a1513
well-decked1530
adornate1539
prankedc1550
entrapped?1553
bested1558
distinct1596
embellished1598
well-tricked1599
enamelled1604
gaudeda1616
broidered1616
farded1637
phalerated1656
adorn1667
bedecked1671
gayed1671
fancied1688
phalerate1702
decorated1727
ornamented1730
orné1763
got-up1793
gotten-up1796
apparelled1821
engrailed1848
1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. ii. 43 They priz'd the brodred Vale.
1745 T. Warton Pleasures of Melancholy 27 Ye broider'd meads, adieu!
1853 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice II. vi. 208 Spaces of broidered field and blooming mountain.
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adj.1560