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hourglassed

hourglassed adjective: physically deformed into an hourglass shape. Also the simple past and past participle of hourglass.

Adjective

hourglassed (comparative more hourglassed, superlative most hourglassed)

  1. Physically deformed into an hourglass shape.
  2. (figuratively) Having an hourglass figure.
    • Is there a genuinely nice, unmarried, single, white man in the Houston area? One who would appreciate a smart, cute, 35-year-old, voluptuously hour-glassed, big, beautiful woman with traditional values?1996 September 20, Juno777, “Houston BBW iso SWM”, in alt.personals.fat (Usenet)
    • She's 5'9", but perfectly hourglassed.2003 February 20, Chest47, alt.sex.prostitution (Usenet)

Also used as

hourglassed is also the simple past and past participle of hourglass.

Forms of hourglassed

comparativemore hourglassed
superlativemost hourglassed

Origin of hourglassed

From hourglass + -ed.

Questions about hourglassed

What does hourglassed mean?
Hourglassed means physically deformed into an hourglass shape.
What part of speech is hourglassed?
Hourglassed is an adjective.

Words near hourglassed in the dictionary

  1. hourglass drum
  2. hourglass drums
  3. hourglass figure
  4. hourglass figures
  5. hourglass-shaped
  6. hourglassed
  7. hourglasses
  8. hourglassing
  9. houri
  10. Houria
  11. Hourias

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