different between duds vs raiment

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?dz/
• Rhymes: -?dz

Noun

duds

1. plural of dud

Noun

duds pl (plural only)

1. (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 […]

Synonyms

• (clothing):
  • (standard): clothes, clothing, outfit
  • (slang): garb, kit, togs

Derived terms

• dudded up

Translations

Anagrams

• Sudd, sudd

English

Etymology

Aphetized from Middle English arayment, borrowed from Anglo-Norman arraiement and Old French areement, from areer (“to array”). See array.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?.m?nt/

Noun

raiment (countable and uncountable, plural raiments)

1. (archaic or literary) Clothing, garments, dress, material.

Translations

Anagrams

• Inter-Am., Reitman, Tremain, antimer, antmire, artemin, matrine, meranti, minaret, trimean