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be-glassed

be-glassed is the alternative form of beglassed.

Meaning of beglassed

Adjective

beglassed (not comparable)

  1. Synonym of bespectacled.
    • If the child of five needs glasses to prevent injury to the eyes and to the health, the chances are that at a later age the double injury will not be avoided except by glasses. All the nonsense about “bespectacled children” and a “beglassed nation” must be contemptuously put down. If the facts are...1902 September 13, American Medicine, page 402
    Synonyms:
    bespectacled
  2. Covered with glass, such as a building with a façade comprised primarily of windows.
    • From then until the time for closing a constant stream of delighted visitors marched through the great beglassed structures.1915 April 5, “Great Crowds Admire Shows in the Parks; Oakland and Northside Conservatories Meccas for Flower Lovers. Weather of Day Perfect”, in The Pittsburgh Post, 73rd year, number 208, page one

Questions about be-glassed

What is be-glassed the alternative form of?
Be-glassed is the alternative form of beglassed.

Words near be-glassed in the dictionary

  1. be-cocked
  2. be-er
  3. be-ers
  4. be-flounced
  5. be-furbelowed
  6. be-glassed
  7. be-goateed
  8. be-goggled
  9. be-headphoned
  10. be-helmeted
  11. be-in

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