bespanglev.
/bɪˈspaŋɡ(ə)l/ 1. transitive. To set about with spangles; to besprinkle or adorn with small glittering objects.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > ornament [verb (transitive)] > spangle
spangle1548
spang1552
bespangle1593
o1628
bespankle1629
starrify1633
sequin1893
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 70 Women..sumptuously pearled & bespangled.
1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xiii. 214 Euery lofty top, which late the humorous Night Bespangled had with pearle.
1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature v. 80 [Stars] to adorn and bespangle a canopy over our heads.
1862 G. T. Lloyd 33 Years Tasmania iii. 36 The genial morning dews..that used to glisten upon and bespangle the vernal-leaved kangaroo grass?
2. figurative.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautify [verb (transitive)] > ornament
dightc1200
begoa1225
fay?c1225
rustc1275
duba1300
shrouda1300
adorna1325
flourishc1325
apparel1366
depaintc1374
dressa1375
raila1375
anorna1382
orna1382
honourc1390
paintc1390
pare1393
garnisha1400
mensk?a1400
apykec1400
hightlec1400
overfretc1440
exornc1450
embroider1460
repair1484
empare1490
ornate1490
bedo?a1500
purfle?a1500
glorify?1504
betrap1509
broider1509
deck?1521
likelya1522
to set forth1530
exornate1539
grace1548
adornate1550
fardc1550
gaud1554
pink1558
bedeck1559
tight1572
begaud1579
embellish1579
bepounce1582
parela1586
flower1587
ornify1590
illustrate1592
tinsel1594
formalize1595
adore1596
suborn1596
trapper1597
condecorate1599
diamondize1600
furnish1600
enrich1601
mense1602
prank1605
overgreen1609
crown1611
enjewel1611
broocha1616
varnish1641
ornament1650
array1652
bedub1657
bespangle1675
irradiate1717
gem1747
begem1749
redeck1771
blazon1813
aggrace1825
diamond1839
panoply1851
1675 T. Brooks Golden Key 157 Being bespangled with Holiness, and clad with the royal Robe of Righteousness.
1800 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 10 425 Other admirable similies bespangle this book.
1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella I. i. viii. 310 The subtilties and conceits with which the ancient Castilian verse is so liberally bespangled.
Derivatives
beˈspangled adj.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [adjective] > spangled
marmoratec1537
sparked1552
spangled1584
marbled1598
clinquanta1618
bespangled1634
spankled1777
spangly1818
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > ornament [verb (intransitive)] > be adorned with or as with spangles
bespangled1634
scintillate1851
the world > matter > colour > variegation > iridescence > be iridescent [verb (intransitive)] > be spangled
bespangled1634
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter or be dispersed [verb (intransitive)] > be scattered at intervals > like spangles
bespangled1634
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 118 Vnder a bespangled Canopie the Firmament.
1848 C. Kingsley Saint's Trag. v. i. 226 Uprushing pillars, star-bespangled roofs.
beˈspangling n.
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Papillottement, a bespangling.
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