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befurred

befurred adjective: wearing fur. Also the simple past and past participle of befur.

Adjective

befurred (not comparable)

  1. Wearing fur.
    • Others who cross the gender gap include Robert Mapplethorpe, dressed as a cool, befurred floozie in “Self-Portrait” (1980); and Lyle Ashton Harris, who in “Billie #21” (2002) sees himself as his idol Billie Holiday with fur wrap and pearl necklace, mouth wide open in mid-song.2007 January 5, Grace Glueck, “Self-Portraits That Obscure the Self”, in New York Times

Also used as

befurred is also the simple past and past participle of befur.

Origin of befurred

From Middle English befurred, equivalent to befur + -ed.

Questions about befurred

What does befurred mean?
Befurred means wearing fur.
What part of speech is befurred?
Befurred is an adjective.

Words near befurred in the dictionary

  1. befurbelow
  2. befurbelowed
  3. befurbelowing
  4. befurbelows
  5. befure
  6. befurred
  7. befurring
  8. befurs
  9. befuzzle
  10. befuzzled
  11. beg

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