beslobber en · VERB
Etymology
From Middle English besloberen, equivalent to be- + slobber. Compare beslabber.
Meanings
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(transitive) To wet, besmear, or befoul with spittle or anything running from the mouth; cover in slobber; bespawl.
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.
1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
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(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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| beslobbered | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| beslobbered | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| beslobbers | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| beslobbering | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |