noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An ornament.

   "He has titles enough to greatness, without borrowing plumes from the gratuitous bedeckings of prurient writers."

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of bedeck form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

deckadornapparelarrayattirebeautify

Example

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"He has titles enough to greatness, without borrowing plumes from the gratuitous bedeckings of prurient writers."

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