Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

betoweled

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-tow-eled
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Wearing a towel.

Example Sentences

"Every morning a procession of salesmen would file into the bathroom of her suite in the Ritz and Hattie, sitting decently betoweled in her bath, would inspect the buttons, fabrics, bags and gloves they offered, placing her orders then and there."
"We may leave open the question whether Churchill was stark naked or modestly betoweled when Roosevelt came into his suite; […]"
"Pocahontas, damp and betoweled, leaves the hot tub to set up the buffet."

Etymology

From be- + towel + -ed.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: be
Suffix: towel

Inflected Forms

betowelled (alternative)

Synonyms

toweled

Questions

What does betoweled mean?: Wearing a towel.
Where does betoweled come from?: From be- + towel + -ed.

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