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beturtlenecked

adj

Etymology

From be- + turtlenecked.

  1. derived from *knog-✻
  2. inherited from *hnakkô✻ — “nape, neck”
  3. inherited from hnecca
  4. inherited from nekke
  5. compounded as turtleneck — “turtle + neck”
  6. suffixed as turtlenecked — “turtleneck + ed”
  7. prefixed as beturtlenecked — “be + turtlenecked”

Definitions

  1. Wearing a turtleneck.

    • Last week, Thomas had sent a professional photographer to my apartment: Randall Knapp, a solemn, beturtlenecked fellow […]
    • […] and on the steps are three fawning co-eds with flowers in their hair, ogling a mustachioed beturtlenecked artiste, […]

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