besonged

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adjective

Sung to; having a song sung to (one); (by extension) charmed; enchanted

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Meanings

adjectivebesonged (not comparable)
  1. not comparableSung to; having a song sung to (one); (by extension) charmed; enchanted

    Poor besonged, besonneted moon! whom the prosiest pen cannot scribble of without trying to invent a bit of original flattery for!

    1877, Mrs. Forrester, Mignon - Volume 1, page 312
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    A kind of being besonged. I have experienced it as a state of heightened awareness where one possibility after another presents itself like an unfolding path.

    2010, Melinda Buckwalter, Composing while Dancing

Origin

From be- + song + -ed.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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