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beshit

verb

Etymology

From Middle English bishiten, bischiten, from Old English besċītan (“to befoul”). By surface analysis, be- + shit.

  1. inherited from besċītan — “to befoul”
  2. inherited from bishiten

Definitions

  1. To soil with excrement

    To soil with excrement; to defecate on (something).

    • He looked like one that had beshit the roast.
    • Your heart muſt needs be grip'd and full of ſtitches, And you may well thro' fear beſhit your breeches.

  2. To soil

    To soil; to spoil; to defile; to befoul.

    • Man has an inexhaustible ability to beshit his environment, with politicians well in the lead.

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