Etymology

bedrabble

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Today it means: To make dirty or wet, e.g. with rain and mud. Full definition →

Middle English bedrabelen
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  1. Middle English · inherited frombedrabelen
  2. English todaybedrabble

From Middle English bedrabelen, equivalent to be- + drabble.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.