petticoatyadj.
/ˈpɛtɪkəʊti/, U.S. /ˈpɛdiˌkoʊti/, /ˈpɛdəˌkoʊti/ rare.
Reminiscent of a petticoat.
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petticoaty1865
1865 Constitution (Cork) 15 Feb. A little while ago, almost all our gentlemen waddled through the streets in long petticoaty outside coats.
1883 G. H. Boughton in Harper's Mag. Mar. 522/2 He wears a pair of baggy breeches..very voluminous and petticoaty.
1915 Editorial 2 Oct. 22/1 Anything mossbacky, reactionary, mollycoodle-y and petticoaty about the student bodies of these institutions? There is not.
2020 S. Sater Alice by Heart xi. 103 And there..another Image appeared. Some younger Alice self, in some petticoaty (yes, god-awful) dress.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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