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| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
| bespoke (adj.) |
| Bespoke is one of two Standard past participles of bespeak, and it is regularly used in British English as an adjective meaning “custom-made, made to order,” used particularly of clothing: His dinner jacket fitted him well, as a bespoke dinner jacket should. See also READY-MADE. | 1 |
| The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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