besprenge
English
Alternative forms
- bespreng
Etymology
From Middle English besprengen, from Old English besprenġan, equivalent to be- (“about; all over”) + springe (“to sprinkle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɪˈspɹɛndʒ/
Verb
besprenge (third-person singular simple present besprenges, present participle besprenging, simple past and past participle besprent)
- (obsolete except as past participle adjective) To sprinkle or scatter.
- 1973, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me, Penguin 2001, p. 78:
- his ample mush was pleated with fat, wormed with the great pox and so besprent with whelks, bubules and burst capillaries that it seemed like a contour map of the Trossachs.
- 1973, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me, Penguin 2001, p. 78:
German
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