asmear
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Adjective
asmear (not comparable)
- Smeared over.
- (Can we date this quote?), Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
- So I came into Smithfield; and the shameful place, being all asmear with filth and fat and blood and foam, seemed to stick to me.
- (Can we date this quote?), Charles Dickens, Great Expectations