English

Adjective

camisated ‎(not comparable)

1. Dressed with a shirt over the other garments.
   • 1835, Henry Edward Van Winkle, Rombert: a tale of Carolina, volume 2, page 126:

     […] Rombert was leaning against a tree, his eye bent closely upon the wrinkled and inexpressive face of the camisated Dutartre.

   • 1838, Joel Samuel Polack, New Zealand: Being a Narrative of Travels and Adventures during a residence in that country between the years 1831 and 1837, volume 1, page 357:

     […] his dearly beloved wife, Innanui te po, who, tradition further adds, wore that invaluable article of apparel, "unmentionable to ears polite;" a deprivation that has descended to the present camisated sans culotte descendants.

   • 1841, Colonial Magazine and Commercial-maritime Journal:

     The Dutch have a method of granting commissions by dressing these camisated nobles with a duck-shirt and trousers, and discharge three muskets as an inaugural confirmation.

Related terms

• camisole

References

• camisated in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913