Beehived

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of beehive form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Having, or arranged in, a beehive hairdo. not-comparable

    "[…] Flo came in with a jingle of keys, swathed in a perfumed mist of hair spray and fresh nail lacquer — every Thursday morning Flo left for the "post office" at eleven A.M. and came back freshly painted and beehived."

Example

More examples

"[…] Flo came in with a jingle of keys, swathed in a perfumed mist of hair spray and fresh nail lacquer — every Thursday morning Flo left for the "post office" at eleven A.M. and came back freshly painted and beehived."

Etymology

From beehive + -ed.

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