betiaraed

English

Etymology

From be- + tiara + -ed.

Adjective

betiaraed (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Synonym of tiaraed
    • 1928 July 14, “The Caledonian Ball”, in The Winnipeg Evening Tribune, volume XXXIX, number 168, Winnipeg, Man., page 10, column 4:
      This year the big rooms at the Hotel Cecil were more crowded than ever, and there was not a vacant chair on the dais, where the betiaraed patronesses sit to watch the dancing.
    • 1938 December 12, Derek Fox, “No “Grilled Millionaire” for Breakfast … White House Perks Up … Yule Gifts, Social Doings”, in The United States News, volume six, number fifty, Washington, D.C., page 2, column 4:
      With the annual Presidential dinner to the Cabinet as a curtain-raiser, there is a short intermission—just one day—before the Diplomatic Reception, when it seems as if the White House becomes a setting for a Graustarkian novel, so bejeweled, besashed, beturbaned, and betiaraed are the guests.
    • 1947, Eve Brown, “Culture With a Capital K”, in Champagne Cholly: The Life and Times of Maury Paul, New York, N.Y.: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., page 133:
      Lithe and rubber necks crane as the Great Ladies (or are those Fascinating Ladies?) step daintily into the lobby, bejewelled, befurred and betiaraed.
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