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beflounced

beflounced adjective: decorated with flounces.

Adjective

beflounced (comparative more beflounced, superlative most beflounced)

  1. decorated with flounces
    • [T]he horse was the vainer brute of the two; he was far worse beflounced, bebonneted, and bemantled, than any fair lady.1861, Charles Reade, chapter 58, in The Cloister and the Hearth
    • They found Mr. Nash and his friends in the small beflounced drawing-room of the old actress, who, as they learned, had sent in a request for ten minutes' grace, having been detained at a lesson.1889–1890, Henry James, The Tragic Muse […], volume (please specify the page), Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company […], published 7 June 1890, →OCLC

Forms of beflounced

comparativemore beflounced
superlativemost beflounced
alternative formbe-flounced

Origin of beflounced

From be- + flounced.

Questions about beflounced

What does beflounced mean?
Beflounced means decorated with flounces.
What part of speech is beflounced?
Beflounced is an adjective.

Words near beflounced in the dictionary

  1. beflees
  2. beflew
  3. beflies
  4. beflirt
  5. beflood
  6. beflounced
  7. beflour
  8. befloured
  9. beflouring
  10. beflours
  11. beflower

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