Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bethatch

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bethatch
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cover with thatch; to thatch.

Transitive verb

verb

To cover with hair.

Humorous; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Part it behind, like terrier's back, Bethatch the front like wheaten stack, […]"
"Both are coolly intense, well bethatched, bell-bottomed and bespectacled."
"Baldies did not like their condition: "Witness their frantic efforts to keep among the ranks of the bethatched. […]""

Etymology

From Middle English bithecchen, from Old English beþeċċan (“to cover; protect; cover over; conceal”), from Proto-West Germanic *biþakkjan, equivalent to be- + thatch. Cognate with Dutch bedekken (“to cover”), German bedecken (“to cover”). More at its doublet bedeck. Alteration in vowel after Middle English perhaps due to thatch.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: be
Root: bithecchen, beþeċċan, *biþakkjan

Usage

Inflected Forms

bethatches (present, singular) bethatching (participle, present) bethatched (participle, past) bethatched (past) bithecche (alternative)

Questions

What does bethatch mean?: To cover with thatch; to thatch.
Where does bethatch come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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