beflapped
beflapped adjective: flogged, beaten, or bruised.
Adjective (1)
beflapped (comparative more beflapped, superlative most beflapped)
Adjective (2)
beflapped (comparative more beflapped, superlative most beflapped)
- Having, equipped with, or abounding in flaps
- After a little while the good lady turned out in her petticoat and stays, with a blanket over her shoulders, and a night-cap so beflapped and befrilled as gave the pitiful countenance within it the appearance of being decked out for a funeral.1821, The Privateer: A Tale, volume 1, page 20
- From the squalid backyard of poor London tenements, populous with squalling children and beflapped with grimy linen, to the stately quadrangles of college and mansion, the courtyard shows at a glance not only the social status of the establishment and the individual taste of its owner, but the...1882, Marion Harry Spiellmann, The Magazine of Art, volume 5, page 194
Forms of beflapped
| comparative | more beflapped |
|---|---|
| superlative | most beflapped |
Origin of beflapped
From Middle English biflapped, be-flapped, past participle of Middle English beflappen (“to flog; beat”).
From be- + flap + -ed.
Questions about beflapped
- What does beflapped mean?
- Beflapped means flogged, beaten, or bruised.
- What part of speech is beflapped?
- Beflapped is an adjective.
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