beshite

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verb

To shite all over; befoul with shitting; beshit.

OriginMiddle English bishiten ← Old English besċītan ← Proto-West Germanic *biskītan →
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Meanings

verbbeshite (third-person singular simple present beshites, present participle beshiting, simple past beshit or beshote or beshat, past participle beshitten)

present singular third person beshites · participle present beshiting · past beshit · past beshote · past beshat · participle past beshitten · alternative beshit

  1. archaictransitiveTo shite all over; befoul with shitting; beshit.

    At last Skelton awaked, & felt the sheetes all wete; waked his wife, and sayd, What, hast thou beshitten the bed?

    1856, John Skelton, Alexander Dyce, The Poetical Works of John Skelton

Origin

  1. Proto-West Germanic*biskītan
  2. Old Englishbesċītan“to befoul”
  3. Middle Englishbishiten
  4. Englishbeshite

From Middle English bishiten, bischiten, from Old English besċītan (“to befoul”), from Proto-West Germanic *biskītan, equivalent to be- + shite. Cognate with Scots beschite, German bescheißen, Danish beskide (“to beshit”).

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APA

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

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

Chicago

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

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