weeds
pronunciation
How to pronounce weeds in British English:
UK [wi:dz]
How to pronounce weeds in American English:
US [widz]
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- Noun:
- a black garment (dress) worn by a widow as a sign of mourning
- a black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of mourning
Word Origin
- weeds (n.)
- "garments" (now surviving, if at all, in widow's weeds), plural of archaic weed, from Old English wæd, wæde "robe, dress, apparel, garment, clothing," from Proto-Germanic *wedo (cognates: Old Saxon wadi, Old Frisian wede "garment," Old Norse vað "cloth, texture," Old High German wat "garment"), probably from PIE *wedh-, extended form of root *au- (3) "to weave." Archaic since early 19c.