whited

[ hwahy-tid, wahy- ]

adjective

1. made white; bleached; blanched.
2. covered with whitewash, whiting, white, or the like.

Other Words From

• un·whited adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of whited¹

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; white, -ed ²

Example Sentences

Michael Lewis is out with his newest book on the whited sepulcher that is Wall Street.

From The Daily Beast

You two wretched, whited sepulchres havent got hold of the true inwardness of Mauds character.

From Project Gutenberg

For the Pharisees of our days he felt all the anger due to whited sepulchres.

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We all have our temptations and trials; this is a vale of tears, and without grace we are whited sepulchers.

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How Horace Endicott had raved over this whited sepulcher five years ago, believed in her, sworn by her virtue and truth!

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They wore the conventional Pierrot costume with whited faces and black skull caps.

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