donned

[dond]

adjective

1. put on, applied, or assumed.

   Clad only in a hastily donned jacket and sneakers, I followed the others out into the snow.

   We stood with our binoculars, watching the warblers in their freshly donned breeding plumage.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of don.

Word History and Origins

Origin of donned¹

First recorded in 1830–40; don ² + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective; don ² + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb

Example Sentences

I turn to see Autumn, sprinting up the street with a newly donned magenta track jacket and a pair of Adidas sneakers.

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On Thursday, November 9, 1939, I slipped into the high-necked white wedding dress with short sleeves that my mother had sewn for me, and Jimmie donned a black suit and bow tie.

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The investors donned hard hats and piled into five-person buggies to get a tour of the Abilene campus, which has a 5,000-car parking lot built just for its construction workers.

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On the day the Rams donned black uniforms for the first and only time this season, the offense largely went dark.

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At 1:30 a.m. he donned a uniform to blend in with the troops and joined the 70 tactical vehicles, patrol trucks and armored vehicles.

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Related Words

• dress 
• put on 
• wear