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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

besoil

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
be-soil
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cover with or as with soil; stain; sully.

Transitive verb

Etymology

From Middle English bisoilen, bisuilen, equivalent to be- + soil.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

besoils (present, singular) besoiling (participle, present) besoiled (participle, past) besoiled (past)

Questions

What does besoil mean?
To cover with or as with soil; stain; sully.
Where does besoil come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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