different between clothes vs finery

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English clothes, cloþes, plural of cloth, cloþ (“cloth, garment”), from Old English cl?þas (“clothes”), plural of cl?þ (“cloth”), equivalent to cloth +? -s. Cognate with Scots clathes, claes (“clothes”), Danish klæder, Norwegian Bokmål klær, Norwegian Nynorsk klede.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kl??(ð)z/
• (US) IPA^(key): /klo?(ð)z/
• Homophone: close (when /ð/ is omitted)
• Rhymes: -??ðz, -??z

Noun

clothes pl (plural only)

1. (plural only) Items of clothing; apparel.
2. (obsolete) plural of cloth.
3. The covering of a bed; bedclothes.
   • 1717, Matthew Prior, The Dove

     She turned each way her frighted head, / Then sunk it deep beneath the clothes.

4. laundry (hung on a clothesline)

Derived terms

Descendants

• Sranan Tongo: krosi

Translations

See also

• clothing
• gear
• threads
• habiliment

Etymology 2

clothe +? -s

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kl??ðz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /klo?ðz/
• Rhymes: -??ðz

Verb

clothes

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clothe

References

• clothes in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• clothes at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• cholest., closeth

Middle English

Alternative forms

• clathes, cloþes

Noun

clothes

1. plural of cloth

Descendants

• English: clothes
• Scots: clathes, claes, clais, claise

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fa?n??i/

Noun

finery (countable and uncountable, plural fineries)

1. (obsolete) Fineness; beauty.
2. (countable) Ornament; decoration; especially, excessive decoration; showy clothes; jewels.
3. (ironworking) A charcoal hearth or furnace for the conversion of cast iron into wrought iron, or into iron suitable for puddling.

Related terms

• fine

Translations

See also

• (charcoal hearth): refinery