belute

B3E1L1U1T1E1

verb

To spatter, slop or sully, as with mud.

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Meanings

verbbelute (third-person singular simple present belutes, present participle beluting, simple past and past participle beluted)

present singular third person belutes · participle present beluting · participle past beluted · past beluted

  1. archaictransitiveTo spatter, slop or sully, as with mud.

    In short, never was a Dr. Slop so beluted, and so transubstantiated, since that affair came into fashion.

    1760, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, Penguin, published 2003, page 116

Origin

From be- + lute.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Beutel
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APA

belute. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/belute

MLA

“belute.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/belute. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “belute,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/belute.

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