bespew
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "In that a Snayl or Dodman, vvhich is not only not vvarm, but to our feeling, very cold, is fain to brood its as cold svveatty eggs, neſted upon a cold vvet earth, beſpievving them about vvith the fuzze of a cold clammy froth, in coldish [d]raughty vveather, and all making vvay to a kind and timely hatching of them: […] I dare undertake to light ſooner of that vvarmth and reek and air, that vvill hatch an hens egge, than that cold and devv and clammineſs, that goes to the hatching of a ſnails."
- "[...] he does nothing but lye snoring all Night long by my Side, and sometimes bespues the Bed too, to say nothing more."
- "Time was when we used to bespew the whole floor of the hut three or four times a day, but now we can do it but rarely even once a day."
- "Well should we weep that force of arm again bespews unholy blood across the plain […]"
- "It was another one of those nights for the Jenkinses: getting drunk, fighting viciously, making up, making love, and, inevitably, bespewing each other before it was all over."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: be