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beclowned

beclowned is the simple past and past participle of beclown.

Meaning of beclown

Verb

beclown (third-person singular simple present beclowns, present participle beclowning, simple past and past participle beclowned)

  1. (transitive) To make a fool of.
    • To the extent that the demand for Black English comes from people with this attitude it is not a serious demand, and to answer their arguments would be to play their game and beclown onself.^([sic])1972, J. Mitchell Morse, The Irrelevant English Teacher, Temple University Press, →ISBN, page 82

Questions about beclowned

What is beclowned the simple past and past participle of?
Beclowned is the simple past and past participle of beclown.

Words near beclowned in the dictionary

  1. becloudings
  2. beclouds
  3. beclout
  4. beclouting
  5. beclown
  6. beclowned
  7. beclowning
  8. beclowns
  9. beclumpse
  10. beclumpsed
  11. beclumpses

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