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bepetticoated

bepetticoated is the alternative form of be-petticoated.

Meaning of be-petticoated

Adjective

be-petticoated (comparative more be-petticoated, superlative most be-petticoated)

  1. Wearing or having a petticoat.
    • Sir,—In reference to the late calamity at the Plymouth Theatre, in a very brief time we shall have legions of be-petticoated fairies in all the inflammable muslin and Tarlatan peculiar to their spiritual appearance gambolling and sporting before us, and it may not be out of place to suggest that...1855 December 16, “A Friend Perhaps”, “A Hint in Season”, in The Era, volume XVIII, number 899, London, page 12, column 3
    Synonyms:
    petticoated

Forms of bepetticoated

comparativemore bepetticoated
superlativemost bepetticoated

Questions about bepetticoated

What is bepetticoated the alternative form of?
Bepetticoated is the alternative form of be-petticoated.

Words near bepetticoated in the dictionary

  1. beperiwigged
  2. bepester
  3. bepestered
  4. bepestering
  5. bepesters
  6. bepetticoated
  7. bepewed
  8. bephallused
  9. bephenium
  10. bephenium hydroxynaphthoate
  11. bepilgrimed

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