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Word entry · 5 letters

dress

Best crossword clue

"Formal garment"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /dɹes/Part of speech verb, adjective, nounSorted derssStarts with DEnds with S3 cluesVery common crossword word
1D2R3E4S5S

Definitions

  1. A garment with skirt; also to clothe or arrange neatly.

Word origin

The verb is from Middle English dressen, dresse (“to arrange, put in order”), from Anglo-Norman, Old French dresser, drecier (modern French dresser), from Late Latin *dīrēctiāre (“to guide, direct”), from Classical Latin dīrēctus, whence English direct. Further akin to Latin regō.

Used in a sentence

  • He was dressed in the latest fashions.
  • My kids are old enough to dress themselves now.
  • O rich! rich! vvhere ſhould I get clothes to dreſſe her in?

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues

01Formal garment5 letters
02Garment with a skirt5 letters
03Put clothes on5 letters

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