sacheted

sacheted

English

Etymology

sachet +‎ -ed

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsæˈʃeɪd/
• Homophone: sashayed

Adjective

sacheted (not comparable)

1. Scented with a sachet or sachets (of potpourri or other fragrant material).
   • 1906, Gelett Burgess, A Little Sister of Destiny, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, Chapter 7, p. 208,

     As for Miss Meadows, she was loud and jubilant in her praises of the violet water, the bath-herbs, the sacheted dress-hangers, the tape towels, and the cheval-glass with which her room was furnished.

   • 1946, Eudora Welty, Delta Wedding, New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., Chapter 2, pp. 48-49,

     Aunt Primrose took a little sacheted handkerchief from her bosom and touched it to her lips, and a tear began to run down Aunt Jim Allen’s dry, rice-powdered cheek.

   • 1969, Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, 1971, Chapter 16, p. 87,

     I mastered the art of crocheting and tatting, and there was a lifetime’s supply of dainty doilies that would never be used in sacheted dresser drawers.

   • 2002, Alfred Corn, “Memory” in Contradictions, Port Townsend, Washington: Copper Canyon Press, p. 4,

     In the desk drawer, a sacheted cache of letters

     stamped with flags, with heroes, birds or flowers.

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