beshite en · VERB
Etymology
From Middle English bishiten, bischiten, from Old English besċītan (“to befoul”), from Proto-West Germanic *biskītan, equivalent to be- + shite. Cognate with Scots beschite, German bescheißen, Danish beskide (“to beshit”).
Meanings
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(archaic, transitive) To shite all over; befoul with shitting; beshit.
At last Skelton awaked, & felt the sheetes all wete; waked his wife, and sayd, What, hast thou beshitten the bed?
1856, John Skelton, Alexander Dyce, The Poetical Works of John Skelton:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| beshitten | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| beshote | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| beshites | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| beshiting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| beshat | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| beshit | alternative | lexicographic | |
| beshit | Tense=Past | lexicographic |