Pronunciations
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/bɪˈdɔːtəd/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
Adjective
That has or have a daughter or daughters, especially when unwanted.
Usage- Humorous
- not-comparable
- Rare
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More examples (1)
So many successful matches were made up here last winter, that it has encouraged all the bedaughtered dowagers to bring their unsaleable commodities to the Roman market, which is now so completely overstocked, that, like a swarm of locusts, they must die of the famine they have themselves created.