caped

adjective

ˈkāpt

: wearing a cape

… had degenerated into one dreary cartoon after another about some caped superhero with a square jaw and no visible sense of humor.—

David Handler

—used especially in referring to the fictional superhero Batman as "the Caped Crusader"

Batman … developed from the stygian vigilante of the thirties into the campy Caped Crusader of the sixties, only to end up a neurotic avenger in the eighties.—

Wigwag

Examples of caped in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The gaming controller is white with blue accents, just like Astro Bot, while its touchpad has two blue circles that resembles the caped small robots eyes. —

Rudie Obias, Variety, 6 Sep. 2024 The strapless minidress featured a crushed fabric in metallic gold with elements of red on the ruffled skirt of the dress and the inseam of the caped coat. —

Julia Teti, WWD, 14 Aug. 2024 At first, the 1,215-piece set just looks like a caped Mario sitting on top of Yoshi. —

Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 25 July 2024 Pippa selected a caped Beulah midi dress featuring a ribbon tied at the waist. —

Hannah Malach, WWD, 14 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for caped

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