manicured

English

Adjective

manicured (comparative more manicured, superlative most manicured)

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   elegant galleries looking out onto manicured gardens

   • 1981 April 25, Taki [i.e., Taki Theodoracopulos], “The Twain Meet”, in Princes, Playboys, & High-class Tarts, New York, N.Y.: Karz-Cohl Publishing, published 1984, →ISBN, part 5 (Politics and Partying), page 98:

     As everyone knows, Southampton is the clean, well-lit place of Gatsbyan mansions that are called cottages, of manicured lawns, striped tents, helicopter pads, and Mercedeses for the servants.

     Originally published in The Spectator (25 April 1981).

Derived terms

• unmanicured

Verb

manicured

1. simple past and past participle of manicure