beflounced

comparative more beflounced · superlative most beflounced · alternative be-flounced

1. decorated with flounces

   [T]he horse was the vainer brute of the two; he was far worse beflounced, bebonneted, and bemantled, than any fair lady.

   1861, Charles Reade, chapter 58, in The Cloister and the Hearth

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   They found Mr. Nash and his friends in the small beflounced drawing-room of the old actress, who, as they learned, had sent in a request for ten minutes' grace, having been detained at a lesson.

   1889–1890, Henry James, The Tragic Muse […], volume (please specify the page), Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company […], published 7 June 1890, →OCLC