bedaub
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bedaub
- /bɪˈdɔːb/ UK
- /bɪˈdɔb/
- /biˈdɔb/
- /bɪˈdɑb/ cot caught merger
- /biˈdɑb/ cot caught merger
Rhymes with -ɔːb
Where it comes from
From be- (“thoroughly, extensively”) + daub, from Old French dauber (“to plaster, whitewash”), from Latin dealbō (“whiten over, plaster”).
verb bedaubs · bedaubing · bedaubed · bedawb
- To smear upon; to soil. 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.
- To ornament garishly; to overdecorate.
