belady

B3E1L1A1D2Y4

verb

To promote to the status of lady.

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Meanings

verbbelady (third-person singular simple present beladies, present participle beladying, simple past and past participle beladied)

present singular third person beladies · participle present beladying · participle past beladied · past beladied

  1. To promote to the status of lady.

    So they beladied me I was red hot with shame. But yesterday They did disdain only to bend their eyes Upon so low a girl.

    1920, James F. Waight, Richard II, page 66
    2 more examples

    We see those begraced and beladied in the Queen's name whom the Prophet doomed to be fried in the fire of the King of Babylon.

    1898, William O'Brien, A Queen of Men, page 19

    Never was I beladied so before. Would evidence of having been called lady More than so many times make me a lady In common law, I wonder.

    1916, Rovert Frost, In the Home Stretch

Origin

From be- + lady.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

badleyDalbeyAldeby
Cite this entry
APA

belady. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/belady

MLA

“belady.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/belady. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “belady,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/belady.

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