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befanned

befanned adjective: fanned; having air blown upon it.

Adjective

befanned (not comparable)

  1. Fanned; having air blown upon it.
    • Befanned with sunniest winds, the air swims visible in bright halo there
  2. Equipped with a fan.
    • A rigid old maid of pinched and nipped appearance, but patched and beribboned and befanned, as though in the desperate hope that some beau who had been on the royster all night would suddenly repent and offer her his hand and heart, is going to matins […]1866, George Augustus Sala, William Hogarth: Painter, Engraver, and Philosopher: Essays..., page 254

Questions about befanned

What does befanned mean?
Befanned means fanned; having air blown upon it.
What part of speech is befanned?
Befanned is an adjective.

Words near befanned in the dictionary

  1. befang
  2. befanged
  3. befanging
  4. befangled
  5. befangs
  6. befanned
  7. befast
  8. befeather
  9. befeathered
  10. befeathering
  11. befeathers

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