bedaub
English
Alternative forms
- bedawb
Etymology
From be- (“thoroughly, extensively”) + daub, from Old French dauber (“to plaster, whitewash”), from Latin dealbō (“whiten over, plaster”).
Verb
bedaub (third-person singular simple present bedaubs, present participle bedaubing, simple past and past participle bedaubed)
- (transitive) To smear upon; to soil.
- 2009, Noeleen McIlvenna, quoting journal, 1711, A Very Mutinous People, Univ of North Carolina Press, →ISBN, page 18:
- In this 6 mile we Crosst several miring branches in which we were all terribly bedaubed … Having almost spent the day in this toilsome tho short Journey.
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- (transitive) To ornament garishly; to overdecorate.
Related terms
- besmear
Translations
to smear upon; to soil
to ornament garishly; to overdecorate
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Anagrams
- edubba