Drape and Suit

Drape

Drape verb - To make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming.

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Suit and drape are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Suit" instead the word "Drape" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: draped, drapery, draping, draper

Suit verb - To outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes.

Usage example: went to the party suited in a strange getup that he'd picked out himself

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Drape and suit are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Drape" instead the word "Suit" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: suitable, suite, suited, suitability, suitor

drape cast

suit cast

In the early chapter "Morning Routine" and the opening of the musical, Patrick describes his suit for the day as "an eighties drape from Alan Flusser".

Source: Literature / American Psycho
A bit from Ron White is that he gets by as an ugly person by wearing a suit ("You could make a pile of shit look good if you drape an expensive suit over it.") and goes on to joke that his wife makes him wear the suit when they have sex.

Source: Right Through His Pants

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