Meaning of napworn | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Having its fuzzy surface worn down or off.
2. Wearing clothing of worn material.

Examples

“napworn velvet”

“1822, Richard Henry Dana, The Idle Man, New York: Wiley & Halsted, “Letter from Town. No. 2,” pp. 56-57, his hat, which had grown nap-worn and round edged through use⟳”

“He spent long hours in bed, his head hanging over the edge of the covers watching how the purfling of scorpions on the raw and napworn carpet went head and tail.”

“[…] lichen grew on an ancient fence like⟳ an old old sheep’s coat; and stroking it with my hand once made me feel⟳ how old and lusterless and napworn you might be.”

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