archipelagoed en · ADJ
Etymology
From archipelago + -ed.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, rare) Consisting of or arranged in the form of an archipelago.
Imagine a poor exile contemplating that inert thing; and imagine an angel suddenly sweeping down out of a better land and setting before him a mighty porter-house steak an inch and a half thick, hot and sputtering from the gridddle; dusted with fragrant pepper; enriched with little melting bits of butter of the most unimpeachable freshness and genuineness; the precious juices of the meat trickling out and joining the gravy, archipelagoed with mushrooms; […]
1880, Mark Twain [pseudonym] (Samuel L[anghorne] Clemens), “”, in A Tramp Abroad; […], Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company; London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 572:The German boys whose names all sounded the same were archipelagoed around the edge of the room, being interviewed by the Reichssender or napping.
2015, Ryan Graudin, Wolf by Wolf, New York, N.Y.; Boston, M.A.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 215:A vast drugget had been laid down, a buffet ran right across the stage some six feet from the back wall, and tables and little golden chairs were archipelago'd in corners.
1954, Clemence Dane [pseudonym; Winifred Ashton], The Flower Girls, New York, N.Y.: W. W. Norton & Company Inc, published 1955, page 538: