beslobber

English

Etymology

From Middle English besloberen, equivalent to be- +‎ slobber. Compare beslabber.

Verb

beslobber (third-person singular simple present beslobbers, present participle beslobbering, simple past and past participle beslobbered)

1. (transitive) To wet, besmear, or befoul with spittle or anything running from the mouth; cover in slobber; bespawl.
   • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London, New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

     For one moment I had a vision of a horrible mask like a giant toad's, of a warty, leprous skin, and of a loose mouth all beslobbered with fresh blood.

2. (transitive) To slobber over with effusive kisses; praise or flatter fulsomely or in a fulsome manner.
   • 1828, Thomas Babington Macaulay, essay?

     The salaried Viceroy of France […] beslobbering his brother and his courtiers in a fit of maudlin affection.