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lappeted

lappeted is the simple past and past participle of lappet.

Meaning of lappet

Verb

lappet (third-person singular simple present lappets, present participle lappeting, simple past and past participle lappeted)

  1. (transitive) To decorate with, or as if with, lappets.
    • I would fain merit your esteem, heedless of these pursy fellows from hulks and warehouses, with one ear lappetted by the pen behind it […]1824, Walter Savage Landor, “Oliver Cromwel and Walter Noble”, in Imaginary Conversations, volume 1, London: Taylor and Hessey, page 58

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Adjective

lappeted (not comparable)

  1. Having one or more lappets.

Questions about lappeted

What does lappeted mean?
Lappeted means having one or more lappets.
What is lappeted the simple past and past participle of?
Lappeted is the simple past and past participle of lappet.
What part of speech is lappeted?
Lappeted is an adjective.

Words near lappeted in the dictionary

  1. lappet
  2. lappet moth
  3. lappet moths
  4. lappet-faced vulture
  5. lappet-faced vultures
  6. lappeted
  7. lappeth
  8. lappeting
  9. lappets
  10. lapphund
  11. lapphunds

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