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beaded

[ bee-did ]

adjective

  1. ornamented with or largely composed of beads:

    a beaded handbag.



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Other Words From

  • un·beaded adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of beaded1

First recorded in 1570–80; bead + -ed 3

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Example Sentences

The man shares his knowledge about her whereabouts in creepy detail — the “alarmingly sexy beaded sandals” she wore at a restaurant or the tasseled cloth handbag she took to the library.

Writing in Digital Trends, Luke Dormehl likens the setup to 100 beaded string curtains where every bead is a tiny light, with dozens of curtains positioned one in front of the other.

Her latest commission is a pair of boots featuring a hand-beaded image of her childhood pet, a California scrub jay named Peep.

From Ozy

They buried her in moccasins with beaded purple butterflies that her cousin had made by hand, size seven.

From Time

Seattle-based Kimber Elements partners with 30 Masai women in Kenya to produce beaded earrings, necklaces, and rings and pays them wages rather than a commission.

Others sported beaded necklaces, handcrafted hair clip-ins and rings all of similar caliber.

Models wore beaded headpieces with lattice-work and pearl-encrusted boots.

There were four beaded black looks, with strong metal belts.

In another, she wears a white dress and a beaded necklace while holding an American flag.

The crown jewel of the collection is a ballgown of tulle with a beaded bodice.

Here he dickered for finely beaded moccasins and hat-bands and other articles for which he found a profitable market in the East.

Harney untied the horse, and they drove off through the diminishing rain, which was already beaded with sunlight.

It was a brightly beaded moccasin, very small, and strangely familiar even at a distance.

"So it wad seem," she said in reply, noting his beaded forehead, as he wiped it with a colored handkerchief.

Maria brushed the back of her hand across her forehead, which was beaded with big, cold drops of perspiration.

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