beperfumed

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From be- +‎ perfume +‎ -ed.

Adjective[edit]

beperfumed (comparative more beperfumed, superlative most beperfumed)

  1. Wearing perfume, having had perfumed applied to
    • 1923, Dan McKenzie, “Smell and the Personality”, in Aromatics and the Soul: A Study of Smells, William Heinemann (Medical Books), Ltd., page 87:
      I mean the natural atmosphere of the person, of course, not the artificial airs that surround and envelop the beperfumed modern lady.

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