Etymology

beshitten

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Today it means: Covered with or befouled with or as with excrement. Full definition →

Middle English bishiten ← Old English besċiten
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  1. Old English · inherited frombesċiten
  2. Middle English · inherited frombishiten
  3. English todaybeshitten

From Middle English bishiten, from Old English besċiten, past participle of besċītan (“to befoul”). More at beshite. Cognate with German beschissen (“beshitten, shitty”).

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Middle Englishbishiten all →

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