plighted
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English
Etymology 1
From plight (“plait, fold”) + -ed.
Adjective
plighted (comparative more plighted, superlative most plighted)
- (obsolete) Having plights; pleated; plated; folded.
- 1708, Richard Newcourt, Repertorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense: An Ecclesiastical Parochial History of the Diocese of London, volume 1, London: Benj. Motte, page 281:
- They were call'd Blackfriers from their black Weed or Garmeat, which conſiſts in a white Caſſock and a Patience, over which they wear a Hood all of the ſame Colour: But when they go abroad, they put over their white Cloths a black plighted Cloak with a black Hood.
Further reading
- “plighted, adj2.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Etymology 2
Verb
plighted
- simple past and past participle of plight