bespoke
pronunciation
How to pronounce bespoke in British English:
UK [biˈspəuk]
How to pronounce bespoke in American English:
US [bɪˈspoʊk]
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- Adjective:
- of clothing
Word Origin
- bespoke (adj.)
- "custom or custom-made, made to order," of goods, as distinguished from ready-made, 1755, the same sense found earlier in bespoken (c. 1600), past participle of bespeak, in a sense of "to speak for, to arrange beforehand," a sense attested in bespeak from 1580s. Now usually of tailored suits.
Example
- 1. A couple of bespoke houses does not amount to a trend .
- 2. Military software is often bespoke .
- 3. From shotguns to bespoke suits , lingerie to leather goods , the purveyors of luxury goods to the world 's rich are supposed to be immune from the credit crunch .
- 4. One can get pretty fancy about these auctions , but I wouldn 't advise doing so unless you 're going to buy bespoke software and hire a team of specialist economists .
- 5. Now it is getting easier as banking moves from bespoke mainframe computers to racks of smaller servers that can be scaled up as needed .