armored
adjectiveverbattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈɑːməd//
- United States//ˈɑɹmɚd//
Clad or equipped with arms or armor.
adjective
- 1
Clad or equipped with arms or armor.
- 2
Covered with armor, as a ship or the face of a fortification; armor-plated.
They came with horses and armored vehicles, carrying rifles and in tactical gear in the middle of what is the heart of immigrant Los Angeles. But there were few of their supposed targets to be found Monday — immigrants without documentation.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmosder. Latin arma Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin armō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin armātūra Old French armeure Anglo-Norman armurebor. Middle English armure English armor Old English -ed ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English armored From armor + -ed.
verb
- 1
Also a form of armorsimple past and past participle of armor
Forms
- comparative
- more armored
- superlative
- most armored
armored · Clad or equipped with arms or armor.
armory · American standard spelling of armoury.armour · British standard spelling of armor.Armour · A surname.