Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bemist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-mist
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cover or envelop with mist, or as with mist.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"For destroying Gypsy Moth caterpillars in the forests of Yugoslavia, the method of bemisting from the aeroplane with DDT preparations has been applied so far... In the first place, among other defects, the residual effect of the poison in bemisting is very short [...]"
"There are usually some within the visible church, who, being bemisted with error, do not come up to give thorough assent unto all divine truths..."

Etymology

From be- + mist.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: be

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

bemists (present, singular) bemisting (participle, present) bemisted (participle, past) bemisted (past)

Questions

What does bemist mean?: To cover or envelop with mist, or as with mist.
Where does bemist come from?: From be- + mist.

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