Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

betrimmed

/bəˈtɹɪmd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-trimmed
IPA: /bəˈtɹɪmd/

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Adorned; decked; decorated; embellished.

Dated

verb

simple past and past participle of betrim

Example Sentences

"Face of the daintiest shade, / Eyes of the tenderest brown, / Ankle so neatly displayed; / Furbelowed, lace-betrimmed gown; […]"
"I clap a silk gown on my girl's back. Never a knight's lady shall be better betrimmed or betrinketed."
"Alexia […] fanned vigorously, so that she set all the feathers on her much-betrimmed hat into a violent flutter."
"The regular army made a splendid show at [William] McKinley's inauguration, and it took part, as I have already said, in the holiday parade clad in its holiday clothes. […] It was not all the militia—perhaps it was not most of the militia—that appeared in the betrimmed streets on this gala occasion in the toggery of the campaign."

Etymology

From betrim + -ed.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: betrim

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /bəˈtɹɪmd/
British English: /bɪˈtɹɪmd/

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

more betrimmed (comparative) most betrimmed (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce betrimmed?: The recorded pronunciation is /bəˈtɹɪmd/.
What does betrimmed mean?: Adorned; decked; decorated; embellished.
Where does betrimmed come from?: From betrim + -ed.

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