be-ringleted

See also: beringleted

English

Adjective

be-ringleted (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of beringleted
   • 1830 January 14, Caledonian Mercury, number 16,911, Edinburgh, column 4:

     […] be-ringleted and be-flounced à la vigeur, of those elegant publications—feathers waving, ribbons floating, brown gowns vandyked with orange, and scarlet trimmed with sky blue, &c. &c.

   • 1858 September 30, The Brooklyn Daily Times, volume 11, number 183, Brooklyn, N.Y., column 6:

     His dress was ultra-fashionable, and he was be-jewelled, be-whiskered, and be-ringleted a merveille.

   • 1869 January 23, Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, volume XXXVIII, number 12648, Buffalo, N.Y., column 7:

     Not long after the poodle had departed this transitory life, Fridolina was seen to contemplate with great pensiveness the countenance of a be-whiskered and be-ringleted young man.