attire
noun/əˈtaɪə(r)/
/əˈtaɪər/
[uncountable] (formal)- clothes, especially fine or formal ones
- dressed in formal evening attire
Oxford Collocations DictionaryAttire is used after these nouns:- business
- wedding
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French atirier, atirer ‘equip’, from a tire ‘in order’, of unknown origin.Definitions on the go
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