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View synonyms for evening dress

evening dress

noun

  1. formal or semiformal attire for evening wear.


evening dress

noun

  1. attire for wearing at a formal occasion during the evening, esp (for men) a dinner jacket and black tie, or (less commonly, for women) a floor-length gown
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of evening dress1

First recorded in 1790–1800
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Example Sentences

He was perfectly groomed, clad in evening-dress, and with his gloves and his silk hat in his hand.

The best thing I took away from Paris in 1899 was an evening-dress with a low neck—my first to go with hair put up.

They were expected to wear their pretty evening-dress, and look as much like grown-up young ladies as possible.

It was Julie all in white, a semi-evening dress that heightened in a wonderful fashion her glorious, blond beauty.

From early morning the committee was abroad, in full evening-dress, and desperately busy.

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