beribboned

English

Adjective

beribboned (comparative more beribboned, superlative most beribboned)

1. Adorned, trimmed with ribbons
   • 1932, Amelia Earhart, “The First Women Aeronauts”, in The Fun of It, page 201:

     The beplumed and beribboned equipages were designed to harmonize with and en­hance the appearances of the performers.

   • 1963, J P Donleavy, A Singular Man, published 1963 (USA), page 15:

     The marble lobby of The Game Club was full of hearty handshakes and members' backslaps. Lights twinkling with Christmas, the gift counter piled with white teddy bears and boxes of beribboned candies.

   • 2011 August 30, Hilary Howard, “Long Braids Take Center Court at U.S. Open”, in The New York Times:

     In a far cry from the late ’70s, when Tracy Austin’s pigtails and bangs signaled her youth and Chris Evert’s beribboned ponytail personified the country club ideal, today’s braids are creative and sophisticated.

   • 2021 September 2, Julie Lasky, “A Creative Hudson Valley Retreat Is Listed for $2.75 Million”, in The New York Times:

     This would have struck a discordant note in a place where the meadows are beribboned with late-summer wildflowers and where the transformed barn offers soothing intimacy without sacrificing visual drama.

Derived terms

• unberibboned

 

Verb

beribboned

1. simple past and past participle of beribbon