Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beshite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: beshite
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To shite all over; befoul with shitting; beshit.

Archaic; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"At last Skelton awaked, & felt the sheetes all wete; waked his wife, and sayd, What, hast thou beshitten the bed?"

Etymology

From Middle English bishiten, bischiten, from Old English besċītan (“to befoul”), from Proto-West Germanic *biskītan, equivalent to be- + shite. Cognate with Scots beschite, German bescheißen, Danish beskide (“to beshit”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: be
Root: bishiten, besċītan, *biskītan

Usage

Inflected Forms

beshites (present, singular) beshiting (participle, present) beshit (past) beshote (past) beshat (past) beshitten (participle, past) beshit (alternative)

Derived Forms

beshitten

Questions

What does beshite mean?: To shite all over; befoul with shitting; beshit.
Where does beshite come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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