camouflagedadj.
/ˈkaməflɑː(d)ʒd/, U.S. /ˈkæməˌflɑ(d)ʒd/ 1. Concealed or disguised by or as by camouflage; hidden, obscured.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > [adjective] > altered to conceal identity
disguised1413
camouflaged1916
1916 in Train Errant (1919) 99 If the grounds were bad for football, they were infinitely worse for cricket; and whilst camouflaged tarpaulin and cocoanut matting hide a multitude of hills and hollows, they were not always available.
1917 Scotsman 1 Aug. 5/6 Aeroplanes accumulated in the camouflaged haunts of flying men.
1920 Blackwood's Mag. Mar. 332/1 Number One, ensconced in the little camouflaged control.
1949 C. Bullock Rina 48 A buck died a painful death impaled on a stake in a camouflaged game-pit.
1992 Internat. Wildlife May 48 (caption) A camouflaged yellow clingfish..holds fast to its feather star host.
2006 Up Here (Yellowknife, N.W. Territories) Jan. 53/3 Drivers may also encounter overflow, a camouflaged layer of water and snow.
2. spec. Of clothing: worn, or designed to be worn, as camouflage; manufactured with a camouflage pattern or design. Cf. camouflage n. Compounds 1b.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > [adjective]
disguisyc1330
disguised1393
visured1577
latent1593
misguised1603
palliate1611
bemasked1620
dissembled1631
travested1656
incognito1676
incog1705
counterfeit1724
unconfessed1743
Waltham1748
camouflaged1918
1918 Goshen (Indiana) Daily Democrat 13 Mar. 1/7 An enemy sniper's camouflaged suit, made of woven goods of the same shade as the landscape.
1934 Pop. Sci. Monthly May 31/2 The gunners wear camouflaged clothing which hides them.
1983 J. Gayton Uncommon Valor (film script) 1 (stage direct.) Another G.I...running up to him, grabbing a fistful of his wounded buddy's camouflaged uniform.
1987 Guns Rev. July 506/1 Amongst the clothing on display were a number of camouflaged jackets and waistcoats suited to woodland stalking.
2013 South Wales Evening Post (Nexis) 5 Jan. 4 He is described as skinny, wearing camouflaged trousers and a black hooded top.
Compounds
camouflaged Aussie n. Australian colloquial a soldier from the United Kingdom serving with the Australian Imperial Force.
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1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 15 Camouflaged Aussy, an Englishman serving with the A.I.F.
1919 Horsham (Austral.) Times 30 Sept. 6/6 Sergeant Mulvaney, who is a native of Ireland, said he considered himself a ‘camouflaged Aussie’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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