bedressed

English

Etymology

From be- +‎ dress +‎ -ed.

Adjective

bedressed (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Clothed; dressed up.
    • 1909, Bengal, Past & Present: Journal of the Calcutta Historical Society, page 472:
      […] all bedressed, becurled and befeathered […]
  2. Wearing a dress.
    • 1983 February 12, Michael Bronski, “Tootsie and the Gender Benders”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 29, page 13:
      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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