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beshagged

beshagged adjective: made shaggy.

Adjective

beshagged (comparative more beshagged, superlative most beshagged)

  1. Made shaggy.
    • September 9, 1838, Nathaniel Hawthorne, American Note-Books
      On the right, facing southward, rises Graylock, all beshagged with forest, and with headlong precipices of rock appearing among the black pines.

Forms of beshagged

comparativemore beshagged
superlativemost beshagged

Origin of beshagged

From be- + shag + -ed.

Questions about beshagged

What does beshagged mean?
Beshagged means made shaggy.
What part of speech is beshagged?
Beshagged is an adjective.

Words near beshagged in the dictionary

  1. beshades
  2. beshadow
  3. beshadowed
  4. beshadowing
  5. beshadows
  6. beshagged
  7. beshake
  8. beshakes
  9. beshame
  10. beshamed
  11. beshames

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