English Explanatory Dictionary

bespoke

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Made or done in a way adjusted to the needs of a specific person or group (e.g., customer, health care patient, do-it-yourselfer), and thus specialized and, in some cases, unique.
  2. Relating to someone who makes custom-made products, especially clothing items.
verb
  1. simple past of bespeak
  2. past participle of bespeak

Pronunciation

/bɪˈspəʊk/ /bəˈspoʊk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-bespoke.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-bespoke.wav

Word forms

bespoke

Etymology

In sense “custom-made”, 1755, from earlier bespoken (c. 1600), form of bespeak, in sense “arrange beforehand” (1580s), a prefixed variant of speak; compare order, made-to-order.

Synonyms

custom custom-made tailored tailor-made custom-built purpose-built made-to-measure made-to-order

Derived words

bespokely bespokeness
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