besmearedadj.
/bɪˈsmɪəd/ Smeared over, covered with anything greasy or nasty; befouled.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective] > smeared
smearya1529
smutchy1579
smeared1584
slubbered1588
besmeared1592
smudged1624
smudgy1859
beslubbered1863
1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. C4 v Mistris Minx..that lookes as simperingly as if she were besmeard.
1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets lv. sig. D4 Unswept stone besmeer'd with sluttish time. View more context for this quotation
1658 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 2nd Pt. 569 Thy filthy garments, and be-smeared countenance.
1805 R. Southey Madoc ii. xvi. 343 His face, besmeared And black with gore.
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