beringed

adjective

be·​ringed bi-ˈriŋd 

bē-

1

: wearing a ring or rings

a beringed finger

He stood there with both beringed hands folded over his stomach, as satisfied as a rabbi who has just done a double wedding …

—Arthur Miller, Harper's, November 2000

2

: encircled or marked with or as if with a ring : ringed

… Pioneer 10 … then went off on its own to probe Saturn, a beringed and lovely celestial jewel.

—Robert Locke, Associated Press, 12 June 1983

Word History

First Known Use

1614, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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