bejeweled

English

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Etymology

From bejewel +‎ -ed.

Adjective

bejeweled (comparative more bejeweled, superlative most bejeweled)

  1. Covered in jewels, especially as decoration.
    • 1990 February 11, S. Kelly, “How To Spell Respect”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 30, page 5:
      It is their silly pope and the rich, bejeweled bishops who are to blame and not the Catholic people.
    • 2023 May 6, James Poniewozik, “Charles III Was Crowned King. But Can He Ever Be the Star?”, in The New York Times‎[1]:
      Saturday, he was at the center. And amid a day of carefully staged celebration, he looked somber, even weighed down by it. Each piece of royal hardware presented to him during his installation — orb, bejeweled sword, robes upon robes — seemed to add psychic poundage.

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Verb

bejeweled

  1. simple past and past participle of bejewel
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