The wearing that is worn

"The dressed in disguise" is a concept by Dr. Abdullah Al-Ghadhami describing the poet Abu al-Tayeb Al-Mutanabbi as "wearing wisdom and dressed in structure," meaning he wears wisdom outwardly but at his core is influenced and constrained by the prevailing poetic styles and traditions of his era, making him see Al-Mutanabbi as a personality characterized by structure rather than absolute creativity.