cauliflowered
cauliflowered is the simple past and past participle of cauliflower.
Meaning of cauliflower
Verb
cauliflower (third-person singular simple present cauliflowers, present participle cauliflowering, simple past and past participle cauliflowered)
- To (cause to) swell up like a cauliflower ear.
- I noticed his right ear was badly cauliflowered and that explained a number of things. It wasn't a new job of cauliflowering.1947, Elliott Chaze, The Stainless Steel Kimono, page 49
Adjective
cauliflowered (not comparable)
- Swollen up into a cauliflower ear.
- The ears are cauliflowered, the sparse fur between is slicked back, greasy in the soft light.2005, Kevin Dole 2, Tangerinephant, page 93
- Close-cut straw-colored hair, little ears sticking out, one cauliflowered. The bridge of his nose was all smashed in.2022, Jeff Smith, A Plausible Reason for Your Lousy Behavior
Questions about cauliflowered
- What does cauliflowered mean?
- Cauliflowered means swollen up into a cauliflower ear.
- What is cauliflowered the simple past and past participle of?
- Cauliflowered is the simple past and past participle of cauliflower.
- What part of speech is cauliflowered?
- Cauliflowered is an adjective.
Words near cauliflowered in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: cauliflowered (page history and authors); cauliflower (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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