begware

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noun

nagware

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nagware
OriginEnglish softwarebf. ← Middle English ware ← Old English waru →
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Meanings

nounbegware (uncountable)
  1. derogatoryslanguncountablecomputingnagware

    Big-name system vendors typically install software on their consumer PCs at the factory. These "extras" go by many names: bundleware, begware, bloatware, and my favorite, crapware.

    2009, PC Mag, volume 28, number 1, page 68

    Synonyms: nagware

Synonyms & antonyms

nounnagware

Similar
nagware
Also see
nagware

Origin

  1. Middle Englishbeggen
  2. Englishbeg
  3. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  4. Proto-Germanic*samþuz /*samftuz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*samft(ī)
  6. Old Englishsōfte
  7. Middle Englishsofte
  8. Englishsoft
  9. Proto-Germanic*warō
  10. Proto-West Germanic*waru
  11. Old Englishwaru
  12. Middle Englishware
  13. Englishsoftwarebf.
  14. Englishbegware

From beg + -ware.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

brewage
Cite this entry
APA

begware. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/begware

MLA

“begware.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/begware. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “begware,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/begware.

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