Meanings
- archaicnot comparableClothed; dressed up.
[…] all bedressed, becurled and befeathered […]
1909, Bengal, Past & Present: Journal of the Calcutta Historical Society, page 472 - not comparableWearing a dress.
While hiding out in a small Italian Village the be-dressed Alban is appalled that he is consigned to the sphere of women's work.
1983 February 12, Michael Bronski, “Tootsie and the Gender Benders”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 29, page 13
Origin
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