"caparisoned" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-caparisoned.wav [US] Forms: more caparisoned [comparative], most caparisoned [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English caparison English -ed English caparisoned From caparison + -ed. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|caparison|-ed|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English caparison English -ed English caparisoned From caparison + -ed. Head templates: {{en-adj}} caparisoned (comparative more caparisoned, superlative most caparisoned)
  1. (of a horse or elephant) Having a richly ornamented harness.
    Sense id: en-caparisoned-en-adj-mnWvhu81 Categories (other): English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ed, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 44 40 15 Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 47 39 14 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 44 37 19 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 44 37 19 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 41 7 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 44 28 28 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 51 33 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 40 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 56 37 7 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 61 24 15
  2. Dressed in richly ornamented finery.
    Sense id: en-caparisoned-en-adj-obBx~irD Categories (other): English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 44 40 15 Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 47 39 14 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 44 37 19 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 44 37 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: uncaparisoned

Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-caparisoned.wav [US]
Etymology: Etymology tree English caparison English -ed English caparisoned From caparison + -ed. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|caparison|-ed|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English caparison English -ed English caparisoned From caparison + -ed. Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} caparisoned
  1. simple past and past participle of caparison Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: caparison
    Sense id: en-caparisoned-en-verb-Q698rB6L Categories (other): English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 44 40 15 Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 47 39 14 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 44 37 19 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 44 37 19
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