Beflapped
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Flogged, beaten, or bruised archaic
"We are cumbered his corpus for to carry, Many wights on him wonder and wary — Lo, his flesh all beflapped, that fat is."
- 2 Having, equipped with, or abounding in flaps
"After a little while the good lady turned out in her petticoat and stays, with a blanket over her shoulders, and a night-cap so beflapped and befrilled as gave the pitiful countenance within it the appearance of being decked out for a funeral."
Example
More examples"We are cumbered his corpus for to carry, Many wights on him wonder and wary — Lo, his flesh all beflapped, that fat is."
Etymology
From Middle English biflapped, be-flapped, past participle of Middle English beflappen (“to flog; beat”).
From be- + flap + -ed.
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