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besprinkled

adj

Etymology

From Middle English by-sprenkled, be-spryngeld, besprengild, equivalent to be- (“on, about, around, upon, all over”) + sprinkled.

  1. inherited from by-sprenkled

Definitions

  1. Sprinkled.

    • […] the multitude were in no bad humour at being now and then besprinkled with friendly showers of momentary duration […]

  2. simple past and past participle of besprinkle

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