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periwinkled

periwinkled adjective: covered in periwinkles.

Adjective

periwinkled (comparative more periwinkled, superlative most periwinkled)

  1. (poetic) Covered in periwinkles.
    • the periwinkled shore

Forms of periwinkled

comparativemore periwinkled
superlativemost periwinkled

Origin of periwinkled

From periwinkle + -ed.

Questions about periwinkled

What does periwinkled mean?
Periwinkled means covered in periwinkles.
What part of speech is periwinkled?
Periwinkled is an adjective.

Words near periwinkled in the dictionary

  1. periwig
  2. periwigged
  3. periwigging
  4. periwigs
  5. periwinkle
  6. periwinkled
  7. periwinkler
  8. periwinklers
  9. periwinkles
  10. periwinkling
  11. periworkout

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