bescumber

B3E1S1C3U1M3B3E1R1

verb

To sully with mud or dung.

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Meanings

verbbescumber (third-person singular simple present bescumbers, present participle bescumbering, simple past and past participle bescumbered)

present singular third person bescumbers · participle present bescumbering · participle past bescumbered · past bescumbered

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo sully with mud or dung.

    Where did you lift your leg up last? 'Gainst what? ... Did Block bescumber Statutes white Suit, wi' the Parchment Lace there? And Broker's satin doublet? All will out.

    1631, Ben Jonson, The Staple of News

Origin

From be- + scumber.

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APA

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

MLA

“bescumber.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bescumber. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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

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