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)

1. (transitive) To smear upon; to soil.
   • 2009, Noeleen McIlvenna, quoting journal, 1711, A Very Mutinous People‎^[1], 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.

2. (transitive) To ornament garishly; to overdecorate.

Related terms

• besmear

Translations

to smear upon; to soil

• Bulgarian: изцапвам (bg) (izcapvam)

to ornament garishly; to overdecorate

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• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} изцапвам (bg) (izcapvam), ^{(please verify)} оплесквам (bg) (opleskvam)

Anagrams

• edubba