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pillowed

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English

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Etymology

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From pillow +‎ -ed.

Adjective

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pillowed (not comparable)

  1. With a pillow or pillows.
    • 1860, W[illiam] Winwood Reade, “The Relapse”, in Liberty Hall, Oxon. [], volume III, London: Charles J[oseph] Skeet, [], pages 316–317:
      Day by day, those who watched unremittingly by the bed-side, by the sofa, by the pillowed chair, saw hope recede farther and farther from them.
    • 2017 September 19, Dee Jones, chapter 78, in The Cup Bearer, book 1 (Escape), Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, Sunday 7th April 1996:
      The grazes on his back redressed, he allowed Sean and the nurse to ease him back against the pillowed bed rest.
    • 2023, Kathryn Ma, “Henry’s House”, in The Chinese Groove: A Novel, Berkeley, Calif.: Counterpoint, →ISBN, page 96:
      Coffee table, end table, pillowed couch were covered in printed matter.

Verb

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pillowed

  1. simple past and past participle of pillow