Beledgered

/bɪˈlɛdʒərd/ adjective

Definition

A variant spelling or possibly a corrupted form of 'beleaguered,' meaning surrounded, besieged, or troubled.

Etymology

Likely an archaic or dialectal variant of 'beleaguered,' showing how spelling varied significantly in earlier English texts before standardization. The '-dge-' spelling is unusual compared to the standard 'beleaguer' form.

Kelly Says

Historical texts are spelling chaos—the same word might appear three different ways on the same page, and 'beledgered' is probably just 'beleaguered' wearing different clothes before dictionaries standardized how we spell everything.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
ARالعربية
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
BNবাংলা
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
CACatalà
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
CSČeština
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
DADansk
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
DEDeutsch
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
ELΕλληνικά
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
ESEspañol
belédger
be-leh-dher
FAفارسی
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
FISuomi
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
FRFrançais
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-re
GUGU
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
HAHA
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
HEעברית
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
HIहिन्दी
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
HUMagyar
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
IDBahasa Indonesia
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
IGIG
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
ITItaliano
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
JA日本語
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
KKKK
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
KMKM
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
KO한국어
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
MRMR
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
MSBahasa Melayu
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
MYမြန်မာ
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
NLNederlands
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
NONorsk
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
PAPA
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
PLPolski
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
PTPortuguês
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
RORomână
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
RUРусский
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
SVSvenska
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
SWKiswahili
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
TAதமிழ்
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
TEతెలుగు
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
THไทย
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
TLTL
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
TRTürkçe
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
UKУкраїнська
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
URاردو
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
VITiếng Việt
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
YOYO
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
ZH中文
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red
ZUZU
beledgered
be-le-dʒe-red

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