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belaired

belaired adjective: stuck in mud, bogged down (Scottish).

Adjective

belaired (comparative more belaired, superlative most belaired)

  1. Stuck in mud, bogged down (Scottish)
    • 'I darna gang to her at night.—Gude be wi' us! an I war to find her at her cantrips, I had better be belaired in a bog, or play coupcarling owre the craig o' Dalwhirry.'1836, Joanna Baillie, Witchcraft, act 1, pages 12–13

Forms of belaired

comparativemore belaired
superlativemost belaired

Questions about belaired

What does belaired mean?
Belaired means stuck in mud, bogged down (Scottish).
What part of speech is belaired?
Belaired is an adjective.

Words near belaired in the dictionary

  1. belah
  2. belaid
  3. belain
  4. Belainsky
  5. Belair
  6. belaired
  7. Belairs
  8. belam
  9. belammed
  10. belamming
  11. belamour

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