tissued

adjective

1

: woven in the manner of tissue : having the splendor or delicacy of tissue

2

: wrapped in tissue paper

a pair of brown shoes and a pair of black all tissued up

—Richard Llewellyn

Word History

Etymology

from past participle of tissue entry 3

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