besprinkled

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

besprinkled (comparative more besprinkled, superlative most besprinkled)

  1. Sprinkled.
    • 1835, Edgar Allan Poe, The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaal:
      […] the multitude were in no bad humour at being now and then besprinkled with friendly showers of momentary duration […]

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

besprinkled

  1. simple past and past participle of besprinkle
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