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beshagged

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Made shaggy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 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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History

Etymology

From be- + shag + -ed.