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bedung

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bedung
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cover with dung or manure.

Transitive verb

verb

To bedaub or defile.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English bidungen, bydyngen, from Old English *bedynġan, from Proto-West Germanic *bidungijan, equivalent to be- + dung. Cognate with West Frisian bedongje (“to bedung”), Dutch bedongen (“to bedung”), German bedüngen (“to bedung”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Prefix: be
  • Root: bidungen, *bedynġan, *bidungijan

Usage

Inflected Forms

bedungs (present, singular) bedunging (participle, present) bedunged (participle, past) bedunged (past)

Questions

What does bedung mean?
To cover with dung or manure.
Where does bedung come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce bedung

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