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Definition: Bedecked |
BedeckedAdjective1. Clothed or adorned with finery. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "bedecked" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
Synonyms: BedeckedSynonyms: adorned(p) (adj), bedecked(p) (adj), decked out(p) (adj), decked(p) (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Bedecked |
| Specialty definitions using "bedecked": Gallus Numidicus. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Jacqueline Kennedy and her sister, Princess Lee Radziwill, on a bedecked elephant in the Ambert Fort courtyard at Jaipur, India.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Bedecked" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 69.23% of the time. "Bedecked" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 69.23% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 15.38% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 15.38% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 13 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "bedecked": flower-bedecked. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "bedecked"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
German | schmückte (decorated, emblazoned, spangled). (various references) | ||||
Greek | στολισμένοσ (ornate). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | edeckedbay | ||||
Misspellings | |
"Bedecked" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bedecken, Bediako, Beecke, Benecke, Boedecker. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "bedecked" (pronounced bude"kt) |
| 4 | -d e" k t | decked. |
| 3 | -e" k t | affect, checked, collect, confect, connect, correct, deflect, deject, detect, direct, disaffect, disconnect, disinfect, disrespect, dissect, effect, eject, elect, erect, expect, incorrect, indirect, infect, inflect, inject, inspect, interconnect, interject, intersect, misdirect, necked, neglect, overprotect, perfect, protect, rechecked, recollect, reconnect, redirect, reelect, reflect, reinspect, reject, respect, resurrect, sect, select, subject, suspect, trekked, unchecked, wecht, wrecked. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-c-d-d-e-e-e-k" | |
-2 letters: becked, bedeck, decked. | |
-3 letters: ceded, deked. | |
-4 letters: beck, cede, deck, deed, deke, eked. | |
-5 letters: bed, bee, cee, deb, dee, eke. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 65 64 65 63 6B 65 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... . -.. . -.-. -.- . -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100101 01100100 01100101 01100011 01101011 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B e d e c k e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0065 0064 0065 0063 006B 0065 0064 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3671707169777170 |
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