morning-suited
English edit
Etymology edit
From morning suit + -ed.
Adjective edit
morning-suited (not comparable)
- Wearing a morning suit.
- 1924 May 24 – July 12, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “Sixpennyworth of Rice”, in Bill the Conqueror: His Invasion of England in the Springtime, 10th edition, London: Methuen & Co. […], published 1931, →OCLC, § 2, page 288:
- A morning-suited man of middle age and amiable aspect had come out of the church, and on this middle-aged man’s arm walked a girl in bridal white.
- 1930 November 6, “Echoes from Town: The Liberal Split—World’s Beauty Parlour—The Immaculate Male—Critical Trade Disputes Bill”, in Nottingham Evening Post, number 16,335, section “Dressing for Dinner”, page 6:
- It is an illuminating social comment on our times that he-men should bitterly deplore this feminine symptom, to such an extent that one famous club has opened a separate dining-room for the morning-suited diner.
- 2012 July 10, Edward Thomas, “Tennis is too expensive for youngsters today”, in The Independent, number 8034, page 18:
- Following the Derby, we get a morning-suited broadcaster holding his hat as he rushes up to the successful jockey still astride his horse.