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- Scots · borrowed frombegrutten
- English todaybegrutten
From Scots begrutten, past participle of begrete (“to beweep”), equivalent be- + greet (“to weep”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
begrutten
Today it means: Showing the effects of much weeping; marred or swollen in the face through continued weeping. Full definition →
Scots begrutten