robed
Adjective: 1. Wearing a robe or robes: Describes a person who is dressed in a robe, a long, loose outer garment. This often implies formal, ceremonial, or official attire. 2. Clothed, attired: A more general, though less common, literary use meaning simply dressed or clothed in a specified manner.
The adjective "robed" is primarily used to describe someone wearing a robe, typically in contexts involving ceremony, tradition, or formal roles. It often follows a noun or a color to specify the type of robe (e.g., "crimson-robed"). It is a descriptive word used attributively (before a noun) or predicatively (after a linking verb).
- The robed judges entered the courtroom solemnly.
- For the graduation ceremony, the faculty will be robed in traditional academic regalia.
- The robed figure stood silently in the temple.
- He appeared, robed in black, to administer the oath.
- Hyphenated Compound Adjectives: "Robed" is frequently combined with a preceding word, usually a color, using a hyphen to create a descriptive compound adjective.
- The crimson-robed cardinals gathered in conclave.
- A procession of white-robed pilgrims walked towards the shrine.
- Robe (noun/verb): The garment itself (noun) or the act of dressing someone in a robe (verb).
- She wore a silk robe. (noun)
- They will robe the new knight. (verb)
- Disrobed (adjective/verb): The opposite state; undressed, or the act of removing a robe.
- The disrobed mannequin.
- Garbed: Dressed in a particular way, often for a specific role.
- Attired: Dressed, especially in fine or formal clothing.
- Clad: (Literary) clothed or covered.
- Vested: Wearing ceremonial garments, especially those denoting authority.
The core meaning of "robed" is consistently related to wearing a robe. The slight variation is between its specific use for ceremonial robes and its broader, more poetic use as a synonym for "clothed." 1. Ceremonial/Formal Attire: (Primary meaning) Refers specifically to wearing a robe as a garment of office, ritual, or tradition. * The robed choir sang the hymn. 2. General Attire (Literary): (Secondary meaning) Used poetically or formally to mean "dressed in." * The mountains were robed in mist. (Figurative use)
- dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination
- the elegantly attired gentleman
- neatly dressed workers
- monks garbed in hooded robes
- went about oddly garmented
- professors robed in crimson
- tuxedo-attired gentlemen
- crimson-robed Harvard professors