plastered
plastered Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Thickly covered, smeared, or overspread with something, such as mud, makeup, or posters.
"After hiking through the rain, his boots were completely plastered with mud."
Extremely drunk or intoxicated (informal).
"By the end of the bachelor party, several of the guests were thoroughly plastered."
Coated, smoothed, or finished with a layer of plaster.
"The historic cottage features exposed wooden beams and white plastered walls."
• verb
To cover a surface thickly or conspicuously with something, or to display an image or story prominently everywhere (past tense and past participle of plaster).
"Volunteers plastered the neighborhood bulletin boards with flyers for the community concert."
To apply a coat of plaster to a wall, ceiling, or other surface (past tense and past participle of plaster).
"The contractor plastered the drywall and left it to dry overnight before painting."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from the verb 'plaster', from Old English 'plaster' and Old French 'plastre' (meaning a medical dressing or building mortar), ultimately from Ancient Greek 'emplastron', meaning 'something molded or daubed on'. The informal sense of being heavily intoxicated emerged in the early 20th century.