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bedressed

bedressed adjective: clothed; dressed up.

Adjective

bedressed (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Clothed; dressed up.
    • […] all bedressed, becurled and befeathered […]1909, Bengal, Past & Present: Journal of the Calcutta Historical Society, page 472
  2. Wearing a dress.
    • While hiding out in a small Italian Village the be-dressed Alban is appalled that he is consigned to the sphere of women's work.1983 February 12, Michael Bronski, “Tootsie and the Gender Benders”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 29, page 13

Origin of bedressed

From be- + dress + -ed.

Questions about bedressed

What does bedressed mean?
Bedressed means clothed; dressed up.
What part of speech is bedressed?
Bedressed is an adjective.

Words near bedressed in the dictionary

  1. bedrels
  2. bedrench
  3. bedrenched
  4. bedrenches
  5. bedrenching
  6. bedressed
  7. bedrest
  8. bedrests
  9. bedrew
  10. bedribble
  11. bedribbled

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