be-smutchv.
/bɪˈsmʌtʃ/ transitive. To besmirch.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > soil [verb (transitive)]
sulec897
smitOE
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guggle1866
dirten1906
1832 T. Carlyle in Fraser's Mag. 5 258 Her siren finery has got all besmutched.
1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (ed. 2) I. vi. i. 151 Ruffling and besmutching all his gay feathers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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