beshagged

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adjective

Made shaggy.

“September 9, 1838, Nathaniel Hawthorne, American Note-Books On the right, facing southward, rises Graylock, all beshagged with forest, and with headlong precipices of rock appearing among the black pines.”

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Meanings

adjectivebeshagged (comparative more beshagged, superlative most beshagged)

comparative more beshagged · superlative most beshagged

  1. Made shaggy.

    September 9, 1838, Nathaniel Hawthorne, American Note-Books On the right, facing southward, rises Graylock, all beshagged with forest, and with headlong precipices of rock appearing among the black pines.

Origin

From be- + shag + -ed.

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beshagged. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beshagged

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“beshagged.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beshagged. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beshagged,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beshagged.

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