Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

befilth

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-filth
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cover with filth; make filthy; begrime.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"How people, with any pretence to decency or cleanliness, can, for a day, sit voiceless and patient and see these brutes destroy and befilth everything, public and private, is difficult to believe."
"Shall he be crest-fall'n, if some looser brain, In flux of wit uncivilly befilth His slight composures? Shall his bosom faint, If drunken Censure belch out sour breath From Hatred's surfeit on his labour's front? Nay, say some half a dozen rancorous [...]"

Etymology

From be- (“on, about, all over”) + filth.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: be
Root: *puH-

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

befilths (present, singular) befilthing (participle, present) befilthed (participle, past) befilthed (past)

Synonyms

bedirty befoul foul assoil beclart bedaub imbrue (especially with blood) bedizen befile befilth begrime beray

Rhymes With

stillth

Questions

What does befilth mean?: To cover with filth; make filthy; begrime.
Where does befilth come from?: From be- (“on, about, all over”) + filth.

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