whited

[ hwahy-tid, wahy- ]

/ ˈʰwaɪ tɪd, ˈwaɪ- /

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adjective

made white; bleached; blanched.

covered with whitewash, whiting, or the like.

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Origin of whited

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at white, -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM whited

un·whit·ed, adjective

Words nearby whited

white corpuscle, white crab, white-crowned sparrow, whitecup, white currant, whited, white damp, whited sepulcher, whited sepulchre, white dwarf, white elephant

How to use whited in a sentence

Michael Lewis is out with his newest book on the whited sepulcher that is Wall Street.
Speed Reading Michael Lewis’s ‘Flash Boys’|William O’Connor|March 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
You two wretched, whited sepulchres havent got hold of the true inwardness of Mauds character.
The Romance of His Life|Mary Cholmondeley
For the Pharisees of our days he felt all the anger due to whited sepulchres.
My Recollections of Lord Byron|Teresa Guiccioli
We all have our temptations and trials; this is a vale of tears, and without grace we are whited sepulchers.
Night and Morning, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton

How Horace Endicott had raved over this whited sepulcher five years ago, believed in her, sworn by her virtue and truth!
The Art of Disappearing|John Talbot Smith
They wore the conventional Pierrot costume with whited faces and black skull caps.
The Mountebank|William J. Locke