caped

English

Etymology

From cape +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪpt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪpt

Adjective

caped (not comparable)

1. Wearing a cape or capes.

   One of Batman’s aliases is "the Caped Crusader".

2. (in compounds) Wearing a cape of a specified kind.
   • 1956, James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room, Penguin, published 2001, Part Two, Chapter 4:

     Hella looked about delightedly at all of it, the cafés, the self-contained people, the violent snarl of the traffic, the blue-caped traffic policeman and his white, gleaming club.

3. (rail transport, slang) cancelled

Synonyms

• (wearing a cape): becaped

Derived terms

• caped crusader

 

Translations

wearing a cape

• Danish: kappeklædt
• French: encapé (fr)

Anagrams

• decap, paced