spangled

Adjective
US[spang-guhld]/ˈspæŋɡəld/2 syllables

Open English WordNet

Adjective (1)

  1. covered with beads or jewels or sequinsSynonyms: beadygemmedjeweledjewelledsequinedspanglyOpposite unadornedSimilar adorned, decorated
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

“spangled” is listed under Spangle.

Span′gle transitive verb [past tense & past participle Spangled; present participle & verbal noun Spangling.]

To set or sprinkle with, or as with, spangles; to adorn with small, distinct, brilliant bodies; as, a spangled breastplate. John Donne

What stars do spangle heaven with such beauty?— William Shakespeare

Spangled coquette Zoology, a tropical humming bird (Lophornis reginae). See Coquette, 2.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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