Etymology

beflapped

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Middle English biflapped
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beflapped · adjective1

  1. Middle English · derived frombeflappen“to flog; beat”
  2. Middle English · inherited frombiflapped
  3. English todaybeflapped

From Middle English biflapped, be-flapped, past participle of Middle English beflappen (“to flog; beat”).

beflapped · adjective2

From be- + flap + -ed.

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