Definition of Bedaubed

1. Adjective. Ornamented in a vulgar or showy fashion.

Similar to: Adorned, Decorated

Definition of Bedaubed

1. Verb. (past of bedaub) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bedaubed

1. bedaub [v] - See also: bedaub

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bedaubed

bedamned
bedamning
bedamns
bedangle
bedare
bedark
bedarken
bedarkened
bedarkening
bedarkens
bedash
bedashed
bedashes
bedashing
bedaub
bedaubed (current term)
bedaubing
bedaubs
bedaughtered
bedawin
bedawins
bedaze
bedazed
bedazes
bedazing
bedazzle
bedazzled
bedazzlement
bedazzlements
bedazzles

Literary usage of Bedaubed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1811)
"... and fo tucking up their cloaths on each fide, they paft through, without being at all wet, or bedaubed with dirt. The Maronites have other ..."

2. Foreign Topography; Or, An Encyclopedick Account, Alphabetically Arranged by Thomas Dudley Fosbroke (1828)
"Before the entrance into this chapel I found a pair of shapeless stones bedaubed with red paint. [Sir William Ouseley (Trav. i. 86), conceives red paint in ..."

3. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"The term seems to signify, bedaubed ; q., he so besmeared him with filth, that he made a more ridiculous appearance than a fool with his motley coat. ..."

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