bewallow

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verb

To wallow around or about; wallow all over.

OriginMiddle English biwalwien ← Old English bewealwian →
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Meanings

verbbewallow (third-person singular simple present bewallows, present participle bewallowing, simple past and past participle bewallowed)

present singular third person bewallows · participle present bewallowing · participle past bewallowed · past bewallowed

  1. intransitiveTo wallow around or about; wallow all over.

    We saw paths and narrow beds, trampled and bewallowed, in the mud of the marshes now and then, which were made by the alligators; then, after long stretches of cane-brake and of marsh and willows, we came upon the beauty of Gum Swamp.

    1886, Harper's magazine

Origin

  1. Old Englishbewealwian“to wallow, wallow around”
  2. Middle Englishbiwalwien
  3. Englishbewallow

From Middle English biwalwien, from Old English bewealwian (“to wallow, wallow around”), equivalent to be- + wallow.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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