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-wear
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wear Wear
English
Etymology
en wear<id:clothing> 1
From the noun en wear clothing.
Suffix
-
Used to form nouns denoting clothing:
worn by a particular sex (e.g., menswear, womenswear) or age of person (e.g., kidswear).
worn on a particular part of the body (e.g., neckwear).
for a particular use (e.g., daywear).
made in a particular way (e.g., knitwear) or (redundantly) of a particular kind (e.g., shoewear).
Usage notes
Not to be confused with en -ware.
Derived terms
en
Anagrams
en aerw Rawe ware Ware -ware arew Awre
en Clothing