Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

besully

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-sul-ly
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make sullied or soiled; defile.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Let us avoid them as we would those emissaries of Satan whose glory is to wither piety, to blot out godliness from the ... who would extinguish the “Light of the Week”—who would besully the “Pearl of Days”—[…]"

Etymology

From Middle English bisulien, from Old English besylian (“to soil, stain”), equivalent to be- + sully.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: bisulien, besylian

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

besullies (present, singular) besullying (participle, present) besullied (participle, past) besullied (past)

Synonyms

bedirty befile blemish sully assoil beclart bedaub imbrue (especially with blood) bedizen befilth befoul begrime

Questions

What does besully mean?: To make sullied or soiled; defile.
Where does besully come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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