bedecked

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /bɪˈdɛkd/

Adjective

bedecked (comparative more bedecked, superlative most bedecked)

1. Covered; encrusted; arrayed.

   The general's uniform was so bedecked with medals that he began leaning to one side.

   • 2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 57:

     A Class 158 relegated from express duties turns up to transport me via the flower-bedecked Brighouse station to the trans-Pennine main line at Bradley Junction and onwards to Huddersfield.

Derived terms

• unbedecked

 

Verb

bedecked

1. simple past and past participle of bedeck