bescribble

English

Etymology

be- +‎ scribble

Verb

bescribble (third-person singular simple present bescribbles, present participle bescribbling, simple past and past participle bescribbled)

1. To write in a messy, scribbly fashion.
2. (transitive) To scribble over.
   • 1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, book:

     bescribbled with a thousand trifling impertinences

References

• “bescribble”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.