belegginged

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English

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Etymology

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From be- +‎ legging +‎ -ed.

Adjective

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belegginged (not comparable)

  1. Wearing leggings.
    • 1900 March 4, “Bicycle Boom in Cuba. Havana Taking to the Sport Now With Enthusiasm – Comparatively Few Wheels Seen There Till This Winter.”, in The Boston Sunday Globe, volume LVII, number 63, Boston, Mass., page 35, column 8:
      Were some of the short-skirted and belegginged beauties of the boulevard to appear here in all their glory there would be grave danger of a revolution simply by reason of the general cerebral inflammation which would thereby be caused.
    • 2006 May 2, Aly Bancroft, “The geek shall inherit the earth”, in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, volume 58, number 122, Atlanta, Ga., page A13:
      And so all gawky, redheaded, belegginged freshmen, rock on.
    • 2009 April 23, “Brand’s fans double as film extras”, in The Independent, number 7,028, London, page 18:
      The belegginged comedian is in the middle of filming a follow up to his surprisingly successful movie debut, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, in which he played an egotistical, post-rehab rock star.

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