Etymology

bedip

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Today it means: to dip, submerge Full definition →

Middle English bidippen ← Old English bedyppan
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited frombedyppan
  2. Middle English · inherited frombidippen
  3. English todaybedip

From Middle English bidippen, from Old English bedyppan, equivalent to be- + dip.

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