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half mourning
noun
- a mourning garb less somber than deep mourning, usually following a period of deep mourning.
- the period during which it is worn.
half-mourning
noun
- dark grey clothes worn by some during a period after full formal mourning
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Word History and Origins
Origin of half mourning1
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Example Sentences
There I sat down, finding a sad significance in the delicate suggestion of half mourning.
She was dressed in black, a sort of half mourning, I judged.
In France, a widow wears deep mourning for her husband during a year, and half mourning during another year.
He dresses in half-mourning always, and never wears any jewelry, but strictly shuns all society, and prefers uncivilized regions.
Mr. Carlyle came down next; and then Lady Isabel entered, in an elegant half-mourning dress, with flowing black ribbons.
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