waisted

English

Etymology

From waist +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• enPR: wāstʹĭd, IPA^(key): /ˈweɪstɪd/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪstɪd
• Homophone: wasted

Adjective

waisted (not comparable)

1. (in combination) Having some specific type of waist.
2. Narrower in the middle.
   • 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses, →ISBN, page 3:

     In his black suit he stood in the dark glass where the lilies leaned so palely from their waisted cutglass vase.

Derived terms

• empire-waisted
• long-waisted
• shallow-waisted
• short-waisted
• unwaisted
• waisted drum
• wasp-waisted

Translations

having some specific type of waist

• Finnish: -vyötäröinen
• Turkish: belli (tr)