begnawn

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A form of begnaw — To gnaw; to eat away at.

Scrabble 13
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Meanings

verb
  1. obsoleteparticiplepastpast participle of begnaw

    begnawn with the bots

    c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]
    2 more examples

    They are as a class, dyspeptics, — begnawn by indigestion, — and they try a new kind of patent medicine every week[…]

    1897, Maine Academy of Medicine and Science, Journal of medicine and science: Volume 4

    penitent or fear-begnawn rogues

    1896, Charles Whitehead, Richard Savage, a romance of real life
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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “begnawn,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/begnawn.

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