bedraggle

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁épider.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi

Proto-Germanic *bider.

Proto-Germanic *bi-

Proto-West Germanic *bi-

Old English be-

Middle English bi-

English be-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰrógʰ-e-ti

Proto-Germanic *draganą

Proto-West Germanic *dragan

Old English dragan

Middle English dragen

Middle English draggen

Low German draggeinflu.

English drag

Proto-Germanic *-lōną

Old English -lian

Middle English -len

English -le

English draggle

English bedraggle

From be- + draggle.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bɪˈdɹæɡl̩/

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Verb

bedraggle (third-person singular simple present bedraggles, present participle bedraggling, simple past and past participle bedraggled)

1. (transitive) To make (something) wet and limp, especially by dragging it along the ground.

Derived terms

• bedraggled

Translations

make something wet and limp

• Bulgarian: изцапвам (bg) (izcapvam), намокрям (bg) (namokrjam)
• Finnish: kurata (fi), ryvettää (fi)
• German: durchnässen (de)