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besprinkled

besprinkled adjective: sprinkled. Also the simple past and past participle of besprinkle.

Adjective

besprinkled (comparative more besprinkled, superlative most besprinkled)

  1. Sprinkled.
    • […] the multitude were in no bad humour at being now and then besprinkled with friendly showers of momentary duration […]1835, Edgar Allan Poe, The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaal

Also used as

besprinkled is also the simple past and past participle of besprinkle.

Forms of besprinkled

comparativemore besprinkled
superlativemost besprinkled

Origin of besprinkled

From Middle English by-sprenkled, be-spryngeld, besprengild, equivalent to be- (“on, about, around, upon, all over”) + sprinkled.

Words formed from besprinkled

Questions about besprinkled

What does besprinkled mean?
Besprinkled means sprinkled.
What part of speech is besprinkled?
Besprinkled is an adjective.

Words near besprinkled in the dictionary

  1. besprenges
  2. besprenging
  3. besprent
  4. besprinckled
  5. besprinkle
  6. besprinkled
  7. besprinkler
  8. besprinklers
  9. besprinkles
  10. besprinkling
  11. bespue

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