Etymology

beshrew

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Today it means: To invoke or wish evil upon; to curse. Full definition →

Middle English beschrewen
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  1. Middle English · inherited frombeschrewen“to curse, pervert”
  2. English todaybeshrew

From Middle English beschrewen (“to curse, pervert”). By surface analysis, be- + shrew.

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