donned

[ dond ]

adjective

1. put on, applied, or assumed:

   Clad only in a hastily donned jacket and sneakers, I followed the others out into the snow.

   We stood with our binoculars, watching the warblers in their freshly donned breeding plumage.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of don ².

Word History and Origins

Origin of donned¹

First recorded in 1830–40; don ² + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective; don ² + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb

Example Sentences

Contestants – including a toddler – donned chef’s aprons and white t-shirts in the style of White’s character Carmen Berzatto from the hit TV series The Bear.

From BBC

Around the hotel bar, people donned “Make America Great Again” hats and one woman wore a red shirt with the numbers “45” and “47” printed above a flag.

From Los Angeles Times

That unity seemed to be felt among the crowd, most of which donned American flags and “USA” signs, not the Harris-Walz campaign attire typical of past rallies.

From Salon

If Andrew Friedman donned a white coat and protective goggles and went into a lab to create the perfect position-playing depth piece for the Dodgers, he would walk out with Tommy Edman.

From Los Angeles Times

He was visiting firefighters in Pennsylvania near where one of the four hijacked planes crashed, and the White House said he donned the cap as a gesture of unity.

From BBC

Related Words

• dress
• put on
• wear