Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

belady

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-la-dy
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To promote to the status of lady.

Example Sentences

"We see those begraced and beladied in the Queen's name whom the Prophet doomed to be fried in the fire of the King of Babylon."
"So they beladied me I was red hot with shame. But yesterday They did disdain only to bend their eyes Upon so low a girl."
"Never was I beladied so before. Would evidence of having been called lady More than so many times make me a lady In common law, I wonder."

Etymology

From be- + lady.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: be

Inflected Forms

beladies (present, singular) beladying (participle, present) beladied (participle, past) beladied (past)

Questions

What does belady mean?: To promote to the status of lady.
Where does belady come from?: From be- + lady.

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