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mailed¹

  • /meɪld/
  • [meɪɫd]

Rhymes with -eɪld

Where it comes from

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of mail (“send by post”)

mailed²

  • /meɪld/
  • [meɪɫd]

Rhymes with -eɪld

Where it comes from

From Middle English mayled; equivalent to mail (“chainmail; spot on a bird's feather”) + -ed.

adjective more mailed · most mailed

  1. Armoured in, protected by, or made of mail. [I]n the niches, instead of the effigies of mailed warriors, stood stuffed-out dresses, such as are worn by the fashionables of the day.
  2. rare Resembling the scales of armor. […] from blossom of lime to perfumed bloom of acacia — darts the humming-bird, his coat of mailed feathers glowing like a gem.

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of mail

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: armoured, armored, mail-clad, shift, fax, shipped, routed, returned, postpaid, send, transmitted, delivered, addressed, based, sped, directed

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Chicago

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@misc{mailed_2026,
  title = {mailed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mailed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}