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befurbelowed

befurbelowed adjective: furbelowed; ornamented with frill.

Adjective

befurbelowed (not comparable)

  1. (dated, obsolete, possibly) Furbelowed; ornamented with frill.
    • Children, freshly befurbelowed, were gathering for their games under the oaks.1899, Kate Chopin, chapter V, in The Awakening
    • Tante Lydia's morning cap was quite as youthful as that of her niece, her flowered wrapper as belaced and befurbelowed as the lingière could make it, and her high heeled mules were at least two sizes too small, and slapped as she walked.1913, Ethel Watts Mumford, Out of the Ashes

Forms of befurbelowed

alternative formbe-furbelowed

Origin of befurbelowed

From be- + furbelow + -ed.

Questions about befurbelowed

What does befurbelowed mean?
Befurbelowed means furbelowed; ornamented with frill.
What part of speech is befurbelowed?
Befurbelowed is an adjective.

Words near befurbelowed in the dictionary

  1. Befunge
  2. befunolol
  3. befur
  4. befuraline
  5. befurbelow
  6. befurbelowed
  7. befurbelowing
  8. befurbelows
  9. befure
  10. befurred
  11. befurring

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