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/ˈpɛt.ɪ.kəʊt/ · noun
(historical) A tight, usually padded undercoat worn by women over a shirt and under the doublet..
“Yes, and her petticoat; I hope you saw her petticoat, six inches deep in mud, I am absolutely certain; and the gown which had been let down to hide it not doing its office.” “Your picture may be very exact, Louisa,” said Bingley; “but this was all lost upon me. I thought Miss Elizabeth Bennet looked remarkably well when she came into the room this morning. Her dirty petticoat quite escaped my notice.”
petticoat influence
a petticoat affair
Phœb[us]. Know you the Reaſon of this preſent Summons? […] / Merc[ury]. And Venus may know more than both of us, / For 'tis ſome Petticoat Affair I gueſs.
Use petticoat when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Petticoat means (historical) A tight, usually padded undercoat worn by women over a shirt and under the doublet..
Common synonyms include underskirt, half-slip.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
“Yes, and her petticoat; I hope you saw her petticoat, six inches deep in mud, I am absolutely certain; and the gown which had been let down to hide it not doing its office.” “Your picture may be very exact, Louisa,” said Bingley; “but this was all lost upon me. I thought Miss Elizabeth Bennet looked remarkably well when she came into the room this morning. Her dirty petticoat quite escaped my notice.”
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