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stockinged

adjective

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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- Proto-Germanic *stikanąder. Proto-Germanic *stukkaz Proto-West Germanic *stokk Old English stocc Middle English stok English stock English -ing English stocking English -ed English stockinged From stocking + -ed.

  1. Wearing stockings.
  2. Wearing socks but no shoes.

    “Miss Gimblet nodded, and the curate, desperately conscious of his stockinged feet, advanced and shook hands awkwardly.”

    “"What do you think, though; came sneaking back on the eight-forty. Must have. Took his boots off in the garden. Came sneaking upstairs in his stockinged feet."”

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- Proto-Germanic *stikanąder. Proto-Germanic *stukkaz Proto-West Germanic *stokk Old English stocc Middle English stok English stock English -ing English stocking English -ed English stockinged From stocking + -ed.

  1. simple past and past participle of stocking