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besmeared

besmeared adjective: smeared over; soiled, sullied. Also the simple past and past participle of besmear.

Adjective

besmeared (comparative more besmeared, superlative most besmeared)

  1. Smeared over; soiled, sullied.
    • In an other corner, Mistris Minx, a marchants wife, that will eate no cherries, forsooth, but when they are at twentie shillings a pound, that lookes as simperingly as if she were besmeard, and iets it as gingerly as if she were dancing the canaries, […]1592, Thomas Nash[e], Pierce Penilesse His Supplication to the Deuill. […], London: […] [John Charlewood for] Richard Ihones, […], →OCLC

Also used as

besmeared is also the simple past and past participle of besmear.

Forms of besmeared

comparativemore besmeared
superlativemost besmeared

Words formed from besmeared

Questions about besmeared

What does besmeared mean?
Besmeared means smeared over; soiled, sullied.
What part of speech is besmeared?
Besmeared is an adjective.

Words near besmeared in the dictionary

  1. beslurry
  2. BESM
  3. besmall
  4. besmalls
  5. besmear
  6. besmeared
  7. besmearer
  8. besmearers
  9. besmearing
  10. besmears
  11. besmell

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