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browbound

browbound adjective: crowned; wearing a diadem or something resembling one.

Adjective

browbound (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) crowned; wearing a diadem or something resembling one.
    • When he might act the woman in the scene,
      He proved best man i’ the field, and for his meed
      Was brow-bound with the oak.c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Origin of browbound

From brow + bound.

Questions about browbound

What does browbound mean?
Browbound means crowned; wearing a diadem or something resembling one.
What part of speech is browbound?
Browbound is an adjective.

Words near browbound in the dictionary

  1. browbeating
  2. browbeatings
  3. browbeats
  4. browbone
  5. browbones
  6. browbound
  7. Browder
  8. Browders
  9. browed
  10. Brower
  11. Browers

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