bewritten
bewritten adjective: written about; depicted; portrayed; described. Also the past participle of bewrite.
Adjective
bewritten (comparative more bewritten, superlative most bewritten)
- Written about; depicted; portrayed; described.
- If I live a thousand years, I do not believe I shall ever do a more virtuous deed than I did long ago in staying at home for the sake of a quarter of a dollar when the rest of the school went to see Tom Thumb, the late bewritten bridegroom.1863, John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress), Philip Gengembre Hubert, Sarah Orne Jewett, The Atlantic monthly: Volume 12
- He was wholly different from the much-writing and much-bewritten " Field Naturalist" of the type with which we have lately become painfully familiar, the man who is all eyes and tongue but has no brains, thinking everything he sees is seen for the first time, [...]1893, Sir Norman Lockyer, Nature: Volume 48
Also used as
bewritten is also the past participle of bewrite.
Forms of bewritten
| comparative | more bewritten |
|---|---|
| superlative | most bewritten |
Origin of bewritten
From be- + written.
Words formed from bewritten
Questions about bewritten
- What does bewritten mean?
- Bewritten means written about; depicted; portrayed; described.
- What part of speech is bewritten?
- Bewritten is an adjective.
Words near bewritten in the dictionary
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