second mourning

English

Noun

second mourning (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A style of dress dictated by etiquette to be allowable after strict mourning dress is no longer required. [17th–19th c.]
    • 1763, James Boswell, edited by Gordon Turnbull, London Journal 1762-1763, Penguin, published 2014, page 237:
      I drest myself in my second-mourning suit in which I had been powdered […].
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