bedabblev.
/bɪˈdab(ə)l/ transitive. To wet with dirty liquid, or in such a way as to make untidy or dirty.
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the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > make wet [verb (transitive)] > in a dirty or disagreeable manner
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > dirty or soil with specific kinds of dirt [verb (transitive)] > dirty with mud > dirty by trailing in mud
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1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. iii. 31 Bedabbled with the deaw, and torne with briers: I can no further crawle. View more context for this quotation
1644 Vind. Featley Pref. 1 Pens bedabbled in the Gall of bitternesse.
1811 W. Scott Don Roderick xxxi. 34 Idols of gold..Bedabbled all with blood.
Derivatives
bedabbled adj.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > [adjective] > muddy > dirty by trailing in mud
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1862 Luck Ladysmede II. 78 Whose stained and bedabbled head and face made him appear more of a sufferer than he really was.
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