attire
at·tire
noun
1.
clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
- “formal attire”
- “battle dress”
verb
1.
put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
- “She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera”
- “The young girls were all fancied up for the party”
Origin
The verb is from Middle English atyren, atiren, from Old French atirier (“to equip”), from a- + tire (“rank”), akin to German Zier (“ornament”) and Old Norse tírr (“glory, renown”). The noun is from Middle English atir, from the verb.
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