Taylor vs Tailored - What's the difference?
taylor | tailored |
, transferred from the surname.
popular in the 1990s and 2000s.
* 2001 , Paul Theroux, Hotel Honolulu , page 206:
Adjusted by a tailor, fitted.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=2 Made by a tailor.
(tailor)
As an adjective tailored is
adjusted by a tailor, fitted.As a verb tailored is
(tailor).taylor
English
Proper noun
(s)- "I wanted to call her Taylor , but my husband said no," Sweetie was telling one of the Christmas party guests.
- "Taylor means a tailor," I said. "It seems inauspicious. Like calling her Cobbler."
- "That's a kind of drink," said Nani.
Derived terms
* Taylorismtailored
English
Adjective
(head)citation, passage=Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety. She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.}}