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bedressed

adj

Etymology

From be- + dress + -ed.

  1. derived from dīrēctus
  2. derived from *dīrēctiāre✻ — “to guide, direct”
  3. derived from dresser
  4. inherited from dressen
  5. formed as bedressed — “be- + dress + -ed”

Definitions

  1. Clothed

    Clothed; dressed up.

    • […] all bedressed, becurled and befeathered […]

  2. Wearing a dress.

    • While hiding out in a small Italian Village the be-dressed Alban is appalled that he is consigned to the sphere of women's work.

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