Gorgeted

/ˈɡɔrdʒətɪd/ adjective

Definition

Wearing or adorned with a gorget; furnished with neck armor or ornamental throat covering.

Etymology

From 'gorget' (a piece of neck armor or ornament) plus the past participle or adjectival suffix '-ed', meaning 'equipped with a gorget.'

Kelly Says

Adding '-ed' to a noun (like 'a boy with freckles becomes a freckled boy') is one of English's oldest tricks—'gorgeted' lets you instantly describe something as 'wearing a gorget,' which is especially useful in ornithology and heraldry.

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