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woaded

[ woh-did ]

adjective

  1. dyed or colored blue with woad.


woaded

/ ˈwəʊdɪd /

adjective

  1. coloured blue with woad
“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 woaded1

First recorded in 1570–80; woad + -ed 3
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Example Sentences

I would not mind Mr. Noyes putting himself lyrically into the woaded skin of our ancestors.

A woaded color, for example, is only fast in respect of the vat indigo which it contains, and yet how frequent is the custom to unite with the indigo such dyes as barwood, orchil, and indigo-carmine, the fugitive character of which I have pointed out.

We shall say this year, with exactly the same accents of relief and hope as our pagan ancestors used, and as the woaded savage used: "The days will begin to lengthen now!"

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