bespoke

be·spoke

adj \bi-ˈspōk, bē-\

Definition of BESPOKE

1

a : custom-made <a bespoke suit> b : dealing in or producing custom-made articles

2

dialect : engaged

Variants of BESPOKE

be·spoke also be·spo·ken \-ˈspō-kən\

Examples of BESPOKE

1. <a wealthy man who can easily afford bespoke suits>
2. <once the last decent-looking woman in town was bespoke, it was time for the luckless bachelor to move on>

Origin of BESPOKE

past participle of bespeak

First Known Use: 1607

Related to BESPOKE

Synonyms: custom–made (also bespoken), custom, customized, custom-tailored, made-to-order, tailored, tailor-made

Antonyms: mass-produced, ready-made

Related Words: particular, special, specialized; custom-built, handcrafted, handmade; made-to-measure

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Other Dialect Terms

boughten, lave, muchacho, nigh, spunk, thunk, toboggan

Rhymes with BESPOKE

ad hoc, backstroke, baroque, blow smoke, breaststroke, brushstroke, bur oak, chain-smoke, convoke, cork oak, cowpoke, downstroke, evoke, ground stroke, heatstroke, holm oak, in-joke, invoke, keystroke, kinfolk, kinsfolk, menfolk, pin oak, post oak, presoak, provoke, red oak, revoke, scrub oak, she-oak, sidestroke, silk oak, slowpoke, sunchoke, sunstroke, tan oak, townsfolk, uncloak, unyoke, upstroke, white oak, workfolk