bedrip
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- ""And bold Aneurim, all bedripped with gore Bursting by force from the beleaguered glen, Arrogant, haughty, fierce, of fiery mood, Not meek and mean, as Gray misunderstood. […]""
- "Wine shall break in sparkles o'er our lips bedripping; We are wise, and know we're by it gladden'd!"
- "But in that dark camp was a dauntless Emir, A levin of battle, they call'd him Zobir, In irefullest mood, His rattling spurs all bedripping with blood, He sped to his leader, and cried, "Thou essayest, Abdallah, the battle no more! […] ""
- "And when the grewsome work was finished, she thought it not ill to walk slowly to her palace through the open streets in her blood bedripped garments, that Ahab's subjects might perceive Jezebel took horrible vengeance on those who […]"
Etymology
From be- (“on, about, all over”) + drip.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Usage
- Intransitive verb
- British usage
Inflected Forms
bedrips (present, singular)
bedripping (participle, present)
bedripped (participle, past)
bedripped (past)
bedrips (plural)
bederup (alternative)
bederepe (alternative)
bidrepe (alternative)