Definition of Manicured

1. Verb. (past of manicure) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Manicured

1. manicure [v] - See also: manicure

Lexicographical Neighbors of Manicured

manic psychosis
manically
manicate
manichord
manicky
maniclike
manicotti
manicottis
manicou
manicous
manics
manicule
manicules
manicure
manicure set
manicured (current term)
manicures
manicuring
manicurist
manicurists
manicy
manid
manids
manies
manifest
manifest anxiety scale
manifest content
manifest destiny
manifest hyperopia
manifest strabismus

Literary usage of Manicured

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Yucatan by Bruce Conord, June Conord (2005)
"Twenty-three Spanish-inspired villas - each containing one to five bedrooms or studios - are scattered around 12 acres of manicured gardens. ..."

2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"The surgical care of the The daughter's [hands] shall trifle with books and music, shall be soft and manicured and daintily gloved. The Century, XXXVIII. ..."

3. Adventure Guide to Costa Rica by Bruce Conord (2005)
"In the manicured gardens are 20 secluded individual villas, a master suite with personal pool, and a grand overhanging infinity pool. ..."

4. A Text-book on the practice of gynecology: For Practitioners and Students by William Easterly Ashton (1916)
"The hair should be kept short and free from dandruff and the nails carefully manicured. Too little attention, as a rule, is paid to the care of the hands, ..."

5. Dominion Dental Journal (1905)
"Your clothes look reasonably clean and tidy, and your linen fresh, and your hands look soft and well-cared-for, and your nails are well-manicured —not ..."

6. Surgery of the Vascular System by Bertram Moses Bernheim (1913)
"The distal end must be rounded and "manicured" with a nail file to facilitate coiling ... It is enough to say that the band, all properly cut and manicured, ..."

7. The American Credo: A Contribution Toward the Interpretation of the National by George Jean Nathan, Henry Louis Mencken (1920)
"§66 That what impels most men to have their fingernails manicured is a vanity for having manicured finger-nails. §67 That water rots the hair and thus ..."

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