Etymology

bedirten

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Today it means: Fouled with dirt or excrement; befouled. Full definition →

Middle English bedritten
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  1. Middle English · inherited frombedritten
  2. English todaybedirten

From Middle English bedritten, past participle of bedriten (“to befoul”), equivalent to be- + dritten. More at bedrite.

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