benettled

benettled is the simple past and past participle of benettle.

Meaning of benettle

benettle (third-person singular simple present benettles, present participle benettling, simple past and past participle benettled)

To whip or sting with nettles.
- As they retraced their benettled footsteps, Mr Truscott's silent rage was such as to obscure even […]1968, Evelyn Berckman, The Heir of Starvelings, page 56
(obsolete) To vex or provoke.
- Where men of ordinary skill, May have the fortune, if they will, To keep in circumstances middling By nothing in the world but piddling ; Hence, with their fancies thus benettled, The future course of life is settled :1814, David Hitchcock, The Social Monitor, page 43

benettled (comparative more benettled, superlative most benettled)

Full of nettles.
- The Tinkers were people who spent all the tolerably warm part of the year among the benettled wall-rims of deserted cabins, and under the arches of bridges, and in the hollows of old quarries, making progresses to and from these quarters with the help of two donkey-carts.1898, Jane Barlow, A Creel of Irish Stories, page 105
- The Cricketers, being only twenty feet from the benettled tip of my small triangular garden , had now become “ my pub , ” although I still spent my Saturday nights in the Elephant .1943, Clifford Hornby, Rural Amateur, page 126

comparative	more benettled
superlative	most benettled

What does benettled mean?: Benettled means full of nettles.
What is benettled the simple past and past participle of?: Benettled is the simple past and past participle of benettle.
What part of speech is benettled?: Benettled is an adjective.

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