mailed

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meɪld/

Etymology 1

From mail (send by post).

Verb

mailed

  1. simple past tense and past participle of mail

Etymology 2

From mail (chainmail; spot on a bird's feather).

Adjective

mailed (comparative more mailed, superlative most mailed)

  1. Armoured in, protected by, or made of mail.
  2. (rare) Spotted.
    • 1888, Frederick Albion Ober, A Boy's Adventures in the West Indies, page 169:
      [] from blossom of lime to perfumed bloom of acacia — darts the humming-bird, his coat of mailed feathers glowing like a gem.

Verb

mailed

  1. simple past tense and past participle of mail

Anagrams

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