Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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buckram | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
formal | Yes | Yes | No | No |
buckram (noun) | formal (noun) |
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a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing | a gown for evening wear |
a lavish dance requiring formal attire |
buckram (adjective) | formal (adjective) |
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rigidly formal | being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress) |
(of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms | |
refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court | |
logically deductive | |
represented in simplified or symbolic form | |
characteristic of or befitting a person in authority |
buckram (verb) | formal (verb) |
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stiffen with or as with buckram |