† besmotteredadj.

Forms: In Middle English bismotered, bysmotered, bysmoterd, 1500s Scottish besmotterit.

Etymology: A simple smotered or smoteren does not occur: though Chaucer has an adjective smoterlich, which Prof. Skeat takes as = ‘dialect smutty, wanton.’ The Dutch smodderen to smut, and Low German besmaddern, have been compared, but do not quite answer phonetically. The form looks like a frequentative or diminutive of besmut, but neither this nor smut is found so early. Douglas evidently took the word from Chaucer.

Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To bespatter as with mud or dirt.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective] > splashed or spattered with wet substance

besmotteredc1405

bysparkit1513

bespattered1667

spattered1785

slopped1806

splashed1837

sloppy1839

sploshy1881

c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 76 Of Fustian he wered a gypoun Al bismotered with his haubergeoun.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid v. vi. 124 His face he schew besmotterit.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	besmottered
释义	† besmotteredadj. Forms: In Middle English bismotered, bysmotered, bysmoterd, 1500s Scottish besmotterit. Etymology: A simple smotered or smoteren does not occur: though Chaucer has an adjective smoterlich, which Prof. Skeat takes as = ‘dialect smutty, wanton.’ The Dutch smodderen to smut, and Low German besmaddern, have been compared, but do not quite answer phonetically. The form looks like a frequentative or diminutive of besmut, but neither this nor smut is found so early. Douglas evidently took the word from Chaucer. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To bespatter as with mud or dirt. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective] > splashed or spattered with wet substance besmotteredc1405 bysparkit1513 bespattered1667 spattered1785 slopped1806 splashed1837 sloppy1839 sploshy1881 c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 76 Of Fustian he wered a gypoun Al bismotered with his haubergeoun. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid v. vi. 124 His face he schew besmotterit. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.c1405
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