beshite

English

Alternative forms

• beshit

Etymology

From Middle English bishiten, bischiten, from Old English besċītan (“to befoul”), equivalent to be- +‎ shite. Cognate with Scots beschite, German bescheißen.

Verb

beshite (third-person singular simple present beshites, present participle beshiting, simple past beshit or beshote or beshat, past participle beshitten)

1. (archaic, transitive) To shite all over; befoul with shitting; beshit.
   • 1856, John Skelton, Alexander Dyce, The Poetical Works of John Skelton:

     At last Skelton awaked, & felt the sheetes all wete; waked his wife, and sayd, What, hast thou beshitten the bed?

Derived terms

• beshitten

Anagrams

• bhistee