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attire
- /əˈtaɪɚ/
Rhymes with -aɪə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
The verb is from Middle English atyren, atiren, from Old French atirier (“to equip”), from a- + tire (“rank”), akin to German Zier (“ornament”) and Old Norse tírr (“glory, renown”).
The noun is from Middle English atir, from the verb.
noun attires
- One's dress; what one wears; one's clothes. He was wearing his formal attire.
- The single horn of a goat, deer or stag. The latter sign, however, may have some heraldic significance, as Larwood and Hotten mention a London token of 1666 on which a horseshoe is represented within a pair of antlers or deer's attires.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: dress, garb, overdress, dress up, trick out, deck out, gussy up, rig out, prink, get up, deck up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, tog out, tog up
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noun one's dress or clothes
| Español | atuendo, atavío, indumentaria, vestimenta |
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| 한국어 | 의상 uisang |
| हिन्दी | परिधान paridhān |
| Português | traje |
| Deutsch | Anzug, Aufzug, Kleidung, Tracht |
| Italiano | abbigliamento |
| Română | îmbrăcăminte |
| Русский | оде́жда odéžda, фо́рма одежды fórma odeždy, облаче́ние oblačénije, одея́ние odejánije |
| עברית | מַחְלָצָה maẖlatzá |
noun heraldry: single horn
| Italiano | palco |
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