beggar description

verb

Synonym of beggar belief.

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Meanings

verbbeggar description (third-person singular simple present beggars description, present participle beggaring description, simple past and past participle beggared description)

present singular third person beggars description · participle present beggaring description · participle past beggared description · past beggared description

  1. Synonym of beggar belief.

    Synonyms: beggar belief

Synonyms & antonyms

verbSynonym of beggar belief.

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beggar belief
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beggar belief

Origin

Coined by William Shakespeare in 1607 in "Antony and Cleopatra," act 2, scene 2: : For her own person, : It beggared all description: she did lie : In her pavilion—cloth-of-gold, of tissue— : O'erpicturing that Venus where we see : The fancy outwork nature.

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APA

beggar description. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beggar%20description

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“beggar description.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beggar%20description. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beggar description,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beggar%20description.

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