ivied

adjective

ˈī-vēd How to pronounce ivied (audio)
1
: overgrown with ivy
2
: academic

Examples of ivied in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web How did the ivied walls get so poisoned by anti-intellectual fealty to progressivism? —WSJ, 25 June 2018

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1771, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of ivied was circa 1771

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ivied

adjective
ˈī-vēd How to pronounce ivied (audio)
: covered with ivy
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