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Added 10 October 2026

bespoke

/bɪˈspəʊk/ adjective

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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.
Relating to someone who makes custom-made products, especially clothing items.
a bespoke tailor

verb

simple past of bespeak
past participle of bespeak

Origin

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.

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