befezzed

== English == === Etymology === From be- (prefix intensifying adjectives with the sense ‘adorned with something’) +‎ fezzed (“wearing a fez”). Fezzed is derived from fez +‎ -ed (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, with the sense of having the object represented by the noun), and fez from Ottoman Turkish فس (fes, “fez”), from فس (Fes), فاس (Fez, “the city of Fez, Morocco”) (where the red dye used to colour the hat was produced), from Arabic فَاس (fās, “Fez, Morocco; (archaic) fez”), perhaps related to Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⴼⵣⴰ (afza, “coarse, rough; hard, rocky”) (referring to the Atlas Mountains). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɪˈfɛzd/ (General American) IPA(key): /bəˈfɛzd/, /bi-/ Hyphenation: be‧fezzed === Adjective === befezzed (not comparable) Wearing a fez (“a felt hat shaped like a truncated cone with a tassel attached”); fezzed. ==== Related terms ==== fez Fez fezzed ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === fez on Wikipedia.Wikipedia