Empire-waist
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Empire-waist is an adjective meaning (fashion) Having an empire waist.
Meaning
(fashion) Having an empire waist.
Example Sentences
All those empire-waist gowns and tops that looked so stylish not so long ago suddenly have turned into the fashion equivalent of pumpkins, morphing from au courant to out-of-date as quickly as the New Year's clocks chimed 12.
Word Forms
- empire-waists
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include empire-waisted, empire, wasp-waisted, waisted, waspwaisted, waistlined.
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