dia|mond|ed

dia|mond|ed
dia|mond|ed «DY muhn dihd, DY uh-», adjective.
1. set with or as if with diamonds: »

Figurative. ... the diamonded night (Tennyson).

2. having parts shaped like diamonds or lozenges: »

A casement…diamonded with panes of quaint device (Keats).


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