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bedirten

bedirten adjective: fouled with dirt or excrement; befouled.

Adjective

bedirten (comparative more bedirten, superlative most bedirten)

  1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) Fouled with dirt or excrement; befouled.

Forms of bedirten

comparativemore bedirten
superlativemost bedirten

Origin of bedirten

From Middle English bedritten, past participle of bedriten (“to befoul”), equivalent to be- + dritten. More at bedrite.

Questions about bedirten

What does bedirten mean?
Bedirten means fouled with dirt or excrement; befouled.
What part of speech is bedirten?
Bedirten is an adjective.

Words near bedirten in the dictionary

  1. bedipping
  2. bedips
  3. bedipt
  4. bedirt
  5. bedirted
  6. bedirten
  7. bedirtied
  8. bedirties
  9. bedirting
  10. bedirts
  11. bedirty

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