beplaster

verb

Etymology

From be- + plaster.

  1. inherited from plastren
  2. derived from emplastrum
  3. derived from plastrum
  4. inherited from plaster
  5. inherited from plaster
  6. prefixed as beplaster — “be + plaster

Definitions

  1. To plaster over

    To plaster over; to cover or smear thickly; to bedaub (with something).

    • Yet with talents like these, and an excellent heart, The man had his failings, a dupe to his art; Like an ill-judging beauty, his colours he spread, And beplaister’d with rouge, his own natural red.
    • He pelted straight on in his socks, beplastered with filth out of all semblance to a human being.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA