different between attire vs duds
attire
English
Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??ta??(?)/
- Rhymes: -a??(?)
Noun
attire (countable and uncountable, plural attires)
- (clothing) One's dress; what one wears; one's clothes.
- He was wearing his formal attire.
- (heraldry) The single horn of a deer or stag.
Translations
Verb
attire (third-person singular simple present attires, present participle attiring, simple past and past participle attired)
- (transitive) To clothe or adorn.
Synonyms
- dight, don, dress; see also Thesaurus:clothe
Translations
Anagrams
- aettir, ratite
French
Verb
attire
- first-person singular present indicative of attirer
- third-person singular present indicative of attirer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of attirer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of attirer
- second-person singular imperative of attirer
Anagrams
- attéri, étirât, itérât, traite, traité
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duds
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?dz/
- Rhymes: -?dz
Noun
duds
- plural of dud
Noun
duds pl (plural only)
- (New England, Britain, informal, dated) Clothing, especially for work or of rough appearance.
- 1890, William Morris, News from Nowhere, in the journal The Commonweal. (First published in book form 1890.)
- I looked at what I could see of my rough blue duds, which I had plenty of opportunity of contrasting with the gay attire of the citizens we had come across; […]
- 1997, Skiing (volume 50, number 4)
- We were hard-pressed to find anyone who actually skis in these designer duds, but someone's buying the stuff: Hilfiger's ski and boardwear line grosses around $25 million per year […]
- 1890, William Morris, News from Nowhere, in the journal The Commonweal. (First published in book form 1890.)
Synonyms
- (clothing):
- (standard): clothes, clothing, outfit
- (slang): garb, kit, togs
Derived terms
- dudded up
Translations
Anagrams
- Sudd, sudd
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