单词 | bejewel |
释义 | bejewelv. transitive. To deck or adorn with or as with jewels; to spangle. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > adorn (persons) with jewels [verb (transitive)] jewel1551 bejewel1557 1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes (1582) 387 b The gorgeous courtyer, bedeckt with gold, be buttoned, & be iewelled. 1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 21 Those priests..Bejewel all their necks. 1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 588 Laughter so bejewels Learning. Derivatives beˈjewelled adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > [adjective] > of persons: adorned with jewels jewelled1563 gemmed1814 bejewelled1848 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > [adjective] > of articles: set with jewels gemmeda1240 jewelled1742 bejewelled1848 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > [adjective] > studded with or abounding in gemmeda1240 pightc1400 gemmyc1420 jewelled1563 inset1588 enjewelled1648 bejewelled1848 jewelly1861 begemmed1927 1848 Fraser's Mag. 37 404 Bearing in his hand a bejewelled club. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda I. i. i. 5 The white bejewelled fingers of an English countess. 1922 C. E. Montague Disenchantment xii. 168 Now the men would be rising..with smoking breath and bejewelled eyebrows. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < v.1557 |
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