Meaning of betoga-ed | Babel Free

Definitions

Adjective. [B2]

Examples

“The offices of the betoga-ed and august lawmakers of the upper house Congress lend themselves to other uses than writing statutes and drafting ponderous resolutions.”

“A costume affair, student ingenuity converts bed linen into togas between school and supper and a betoga-ed Roman pedaling schoolward on his bike causes no alarm in Larchmont, although unsafe in a high wind.”

“Check for reservations may be sent to the PSA, P.O. Box 447, Pasadena, now, so if you want to see and hear this fascinating betoga-ed (he weaves the cloth), bethonged (he makes them, too) philosopher, artist, author, actor, craftsman — “the universal man in the age of specialists” — mail them right now for good seats.”

“The first day of freshman Latin class a group of betoga-ed persons greeted class members individually and baptized them with Latin names (mine was Lucius Cornelius Cinna) in a brief ceremony in which one of the baptizers says “Hoc nomen tibi do” (“this name I give you”), reads the name, then makes a ritual gesture and places around the neck of the baptized a circular card (on a gold-colored cord) with the Latin name written thereon.”

“The royal pair surrounded by grandchildren Craig and Cheryl Cortemeglia, Jennifer Kuhn, Austin Weber, Nick and Holly Veiga, classically betoga-ed, as they made their royal entrance to “Stardust.””

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